# Configuration and usage

Source: [https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/alerts-and-reminders-by-virto/configuration-and-usage/](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/alerts-and-reminders-by-virto/configuration-and-usage/)
Product: Virto Alerts & Reminders App
Updated: 2026-08-12

## Pages
- [Alerts and reminders](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/alerts-and-reminders-by-virto/configuration-and-usage/alerts-and-reminders/index.md) — How an alert differs from a reminder: one reports a change that happened, the other announces what is coming.
- [Alerts and Reminders by Virto App administration](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/alerts-and-reminders-by-virto/configuration-and-usage/virto-alerts-and-reminder-app-administration/index.md) — The app after installation: the My alerts tab, ownership of alerts, and the administration options.
- [Creating a reminder](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/alerts-and-reminders-by-virto/configuration-and-usage/creating-a-reminder/index.md) — Add Reminder opens the same four sections as an alert, filled in for an upcoming event instead of a change.
- [Creating an alert](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/alerts-and-reminders-by-virto/configuration-and-usage/creating-an-alert/index.md) — Add Alert opens four sections — general, recipients, message view and options — filled in below.
- [Filtering](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/alerts-and-reminders-by-virto/configuration-and-usage/filtering/index.md) — Filter a long list of alert subscriptions by column, for example by change type, or search across them.
- [How to send alerts from SharePoint to Microsoft Teams](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/alerts-and-reminders-by-virto/configuration-and-usage/how-to-send-alerts-from-sharepoint-to-microsoft-teams/index.md) — Create an incoming webhook in Teams and paste its URL into the alert so messages arrive in a channel.
- [Special options for an alert or reminder message](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/alerts-and-reminders-by-virto/configuration-and-usage/special-options-for-an-alert-or-reminder-message/index.md) — The options that shape a notification: group operators, complex links, summary tables and templates.
- [MS Service Health alerts](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/alerts-and-reminders-by-virto/configuration-and-usage/ms-service-health-alerts/index.md) — Subscribe Microsoft 365 admins to Service Health alerts for Exchange Online, OneDrive, Power BI and more.