Sharepoint Download Notifications

Chandel Blackburde 16 Reputation points
2022-03-04T17:48:40.877+00:00

Is there some way to be notified when someone downloads a file shared with sharepoint? ie download notifications?

Thanks in advance

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  1. Yi Lu_MSFT 17,591 Reputation points
    2022-03-07T06:25:32.243+00:00

    Hi @Chandel Blackburde
    Currently there is no ootb method to meet your requirement, as a workaround, we could track audit log who have downloaded files and more details.

    1. log in M365 admin center
    2. click security > Audit, then you will get this UI:

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    3. select the option as you need, as a result you could get the information:

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    you could get more information if you click one item:

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  2. Yi Lu_MSFT 17,591 Reputation points
    2022-04-21T09:00:08.367+00:00

    Hi @Chandel Blackburde
    You could use the alert policy to achieve it, here is a similar case you could refer to( a notice is that you could select download file instead of upload file in activity):
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/760048/sharepoint-download-notifications.html?childToView=819955#comment-819955


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