What is a reminder?

A reminder is a message that informs people of upcoming events. In SharePoint, we also need reminders to notify us of upcoming changes. These changes are always related to a list or a document library. To receive notifications about them, use Alerts and Reminders by Virto to create an automatic email reminder.

Example

You have a SharePoint list of team members with their personal information. The same list we used as an example for alerts. Tom Foster is responsible for preparing corporate presents for people’s birthdays. You’d like Tom to be informed about each upcoming birthday one week before the date, so you use Alerts and Reminders by Virto to create an automatic reminder.

To summarize, a reminder is a notification about any upcoming changes in a SharePoint list or document library sent via email.