Alerts in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager are generated by some operations when a specific condition occurs. Typically, alerts are generated when an error occurs that you must resolve. Additionally, an alert might be generated to warn you that a condition exists so that you can continue to monitor the situation. You can configure alerts for some Configuration Manager operations, such as Endpoint Protection and client status, whereas some alerts are configured automatically. Additionally, you can configure subscriptions to alerts for client status and Endpoint Protection that will be emailed to you.

Note
In Configuration Manager with no service pack, you could only configure email subscriptions for Endpoint Protection alerts. Beginning with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, you can configure email subscriptions to all alerts generated by Configuration Manager.

Use the following table to find information about how to configure alerts and alert subscriptions in Configuration Manager:

Action More Information

Configure Endpoint Protection alerts for a collection

See the topic How to Configure Alerts for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager.

Configure client status alerts for a collection

See the section To Configure Alerts for Client Status in the topic How to Configure Client Status in Configuration Manager.

Manage Configuration Manager alerts

See the section Management Tasks for Alerts in this topic.

Configure email subscriptions to alerts

See the section How to Configure Email Subscriptions for Alerts in this topic.

For information about how you can monitor the alerts that are generated by Configuration Manager, see the Monitor Alerts in Configuration Manager section in the Monitor Configuration Manager Sites and Hierarchy topic.

Management Tasks for Alerts

Use the information in this section to help you manage alerts in Configuration Manager.

To manage alerts

How to Configure Email Subscriptions for Alerts

Use the procedures in this section to help you configure email subscriptions to alerts in Configuration Manager.

Important
In Configuration Manager with no service pack, you can only configure email subscriptions for Endpoint Protection alerts.

To configure email notification settings in Configuration Manager with no service pack

To configure email notification settings in Configuration Manager SP1

To subscribe to alerts

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