A Desktop Alert is a notification that appears on your desktop when you receive a new email message, a meeting request, or a task request. By default, Desktop Alerts are turned on.

Outlook reminders will pop up over your email or calendar to let you know a scheduled event is about to start. Select a tab option below for the version of Outlook you're using.

To turn notifications on, set the toggle to On and expand the Mail section. Select how you want to view your reminders and whether you want a notification sound.

If you set up your notifications in Outlook, but find they're not working, check your status in Teams and check the notification settings in Windows. With new Outlook, system settings can occasionally …

When you receive a new message in Outlook, you can receive alerts with sounds, a message pop-up notification, or simply a change in the Outlook icon in the status bar.

You can have more fine-tuned control over your push notification settings for each of your mail accounts within our app, including whether or not you want to receive notifications for all of your emails, or just …

Training: In Outlook mobile, favorite your contacts, order them, and set notifications, to prioritize messages from your most important contacts. Watch this video to learn how.

Change the sound that lets you know new Outlook messages have arrived in your Inbox.

When you receive new e-mail, Outlook can notify you by displaying an alert on your desktop, or by bouncing the Outlook icon in the Dock. Outlook also plays sounds to notify you of new email …

Training: Don't want to be disturbed? Snooze notifications in Outlook mobile with the Do not disturb feature. Watch this video to learn how.