SharePoint Push Notifications

Question

I would like to be able to register clients (i.e. a library, an office add-in, a desktop app, a web app, a mobile app, ...) to receive push notifications about any updates in SharePoint site on site, library, folder, file level.

What versions of SharePoint support this?  Particularly interested in SharePoint 2010 and newer but I could not find appropriate category, so if this question feels like in wrong category, please let me know where else to post it.

What levels or granularity are in place in terms of what push notifications I want to receive?

Any useful links/docs I could look into?

Answer 1

Hi Dinoxyz,

From SharePoint online list/library, we can get email alerts depending on what options we select to get the notification. For detailed steps, please see this article.

 If you want, you can get this information from the email alert to make it work with your Outlook add-in.

Since your requirement is more on a development side, you can consider posting your query in our Developer Forum to get assistance.

If you need any help regarding SharePoint server 2010/201/2016 then create a thread in TechNet forum.

Regards,

Neha

Answer 2

Hi Neha, and thank you.  Yes I found the info on mobile but I am not interested in mobile apps.  I am working on an Outlook AddIn which displays sharepoint structure (site, libraries, folders and if a folder is selected, it displays content of that folder.

I am trying to avoid pulling sharepoint on regular intervals for updates to this structure but would rather like to get the updates pushed to me.  For example

1. user adds site A
2. my Outlook AddIn builds a tree like PST structure based on content of that site and shows every library, folder in that site
3. I can navigate through the PST site node to see its subsites, libraries, folders
4. I can navigate to these to see content (files) in it in the Outlook inbox pane

In order to achieve this, I have to frequently pull for updates and refresh the PST and content in it.  This leads to number of very complex issues and affects performance.

What I want to do is to get notified every time a file or folder or library etc has changed (Added, Deleted, Modified) and pushed modified information so I can use it to update my structure in outlook more efficiently.  This reduces networking traffic and time to do an update and improves performance of my AddIn.  User has always updated data without lagging performance.  This cannot be achieved with any kind of pull synchronization, there must be some kind of push notifications that I could use.

SharePoint versions 2010 and higher

Outlook version 2010 and higher

So, app is add in to outlook, not running on server

App is running on same network

App has same permissions on SharePoint as the current user using the app

Answer 3

Hi dinoxyz,

Mobile notifications are sent when relevant news article is posted and it is available on SharePoint iOS and Android app.

In SharePoint online, when an important, relevant news article is posted by someone in your organization– derived from the intelligence of the Microsoft Graph – or posted to a site you are active in, you will receive a notification on your mobile device ‘from SharePoint’ within your device’s notification tray. When you click on a notification, you are taken directly into the SharePoint mobile app to view the news article.

For detailed information, please see SharePoint mobile notifications keep you up-to-date

In addition, you can create an alert to stay updated when your SharePoint documents or items on your site change. You can get an alert whenever a file, link, or folder is changed in a SharePoint Online document library. Depending on the item (file, folder, link), you may see different options when you set an alert.

Please check the following article to create the alerts in SharePoint online and 2010: Create an alert to get notified when a file or folder changes in SharePoint

Thanks,

Neha