August 2026

In This Issue

• August Product Updates
• Blogs:
• Introducing the New Alert Plus Azure Subscription Engine: Faster, More Reliable SharePoint Alerts
• “We’ll Just Use Power Automate”: What Does Replacing 1,000 SharePoint Alerts Actually Cost?
• Additional Resources
• Resource Page
• YouTube Channel

• App Catalog Version: 1.26.8.10
• Improvements for ‘Name’ field to hyperlink to folder or document when used with List Rollup source on Document Libraries
• Product Overview

Alert Plus has introduced a major Azure backend upgrade designed to deliver faster, more reliable SharePoint alerts while improving efficiency for larger environments. The new subscription-based engine moves Alert Plus from repeatedly polling SharePoint lists and libraries to a change-driven model where Microsoft Graph notifies Alert Plus when activity occurs.

Release Highlights

• Faster alert processing – Alert Plus can react to SharePoint changes as they occur rather than waiting for the next polling cycle.
• Improved reliability – The subscription model helps eliminate the timing gaps that can occur between polling cycles.
• More efficient Azure resource usage – Processing is focused on lists and libraries where changes have actually occurred.
• Built for larger environments – The new architecture provides a more scalable foundation for customers managing thousands of active alerts.

Learn more: Alert Plus Azure Subscription Engine – Architecture, Performance & Security

FEATURED ARTICLE:

Introducing the New Alert Plus Azure Subscription Engine: Faster, More Reliable SharePoint Alerts

By Mat DiPasquale, Bamboo Solutions

For the past year, we’ve been listening closely to customers as Microsoft retired SharePoint Alerts and organizations searched for a true enterprise replacement. While our original Azure backend has successfully powered thousands of alerts across customer environments, we knew we could make it even better.

Today we’re excited to introduce the Alert Plus Azure Subscription Edition, our next-generation alert processing engine designed around Microsoft Graph Change Notifications.

This is the biggest architectural enhancement we’ve made since launching Alert Plus for SharePoint Online.

“We’ll Just Use Power Automate”: What Does Replacing 1,000 SharePoint Alerts Actually Cost?

By Rob Manfredi, President, Bamboo Solutions

When organizations evaluate replacements for classic SharePoint Alerts, Power Automate is usually part of the conversation.

And it should be.

Power Automate is an excellent automation platform. For business processes, approvals, integrations, multi-step workflows, and custom automation, it is an incredibly powerful tool.

But there is an important question organizations should ask before deciding to use Power Automate to replace hundreds or thousands of SharePoint Alerts:

Who is going to create and maintain all those flows — and what does that actually cost?

SHAREPOINT EVENTS:

• September 2, Online – SharePoint Alerts Are Gone. What Now? Meet Alert Plus
• September 9, Online – SharePoint Alerts Are Gone. What Now? Meet Alert Plus
• September 16, Online – SharePoint Alerts Are Gone. What Now? Meet Alert Plus
• September 23, Online – SharePoint Alerts Are Gone. What Now? Meet Alert Plus
• September 30, Online – SharePoint Alerts Are Gone. What Now? Meet Alert Plus

FEATURED VIDEO:

Goodbye SharePoint Alerts, Meet Alert Plus

SharePoint Alerts are being retired, but your notifications don’t have to disappear.

Join our weekly Alert Plus webinar to see a modern, enterprise-ready replacement in action. We’ll walk through how users can create and manage alerts on lists and libraries, how admins maintain control at scale, and what deployment options (your Azure or ours) look like.

Perfect for teams exploring options, planning for the future, or just wanting to see what “better alerts” actually means- no sales pressure, no commitment required.

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