# Alerts and Reminders

Source: [https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/kanban-board-pro/kanban-board-features-and-settings/alerts-and-reminders/](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/kanban-board-pro/kanban-board-features-and-settings/alerts-and-reminders/)
Product: Virto Kanban Board App
Updated: 2026-08-12

If you want to set up notifications in the Virto Kanban Board App, use the Virto Alerts & Reminder App. The built-in notification functionality **will be disabled as of March 23, 2023**.

Current Kanban Board Pro users can [download and install the Virto Alerts & Reminder App for free](https://www.virtosoftware.com/sharepoint/office365-alerts-and-reminders/) (click the "**Get your free trial**" button).

It is entirely free for Virto Kanban Board App users: your trial period will be automatically extended.

New users will have the Virto Alerts & Reminder App included in their Virto Kanban Board App subscription.

[Watch the video instructions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kYUBe0inlc) on getting started with the Alerts and Reminders app.

Read the article or [watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcJ-vT6uxbo) to learn how to alert about changes on a Kanban board in Microsoft Teams.

## Pages
- [How to set up an alert if a task has been assigned to a user?](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/kanban-board-pro/kanban-board-features-and-settings/alerts-and-reminders/how-to-set-up-an-alert-if-a-task-has-been-assigned-to-a-user/index.md) — Build an alert in the Virto Alerts app that fires when a board task is assigned to someone.