D365 PortalAlerts tell you something happened without you having to watch the portal. There are three types, each answering a different question: am I running out of ingestion quota? did batch jobs fail? was there a spike of X++ errors?
During the open beta, alerts are disabled. You can read this guide to know what is coming, but the screen will tell you they are not available yet.
The three rule types
| Type | When it fires | Threshold you set |
|---|---|---|
| Ingestion cap | When daily consumption approaches your plan's cap. | Percentage of the cap. We warn at 80 % by default. |
| Batch failure | When batch jobs fail within the window. | Minimum event count and window in minutes. |
| X++ error spike | When exceptions exceed the norm within the window. | Minimum event count and window in minutes. |
Create a rule
- Open AlertsYou will see existing rules and recent firings.
- Pick the type and set the thresholdThe percentage applies to the ingestion cap; the count and window apply to batch and errors.
- Press «Add»The rule goes live. You can pause it later without deleting it.
Where the notices go
- To the portal, always. Firings are listed on the Alerts screen itself.
- By email to owners and administrators, if an email provider is configured.
- To a webhook or to Teams, if your plan is Pro. Both require a public HTTPS URL.
Destinations are configured in Settings → Organization, under «Alert destination».
Rule evaluation runs on a daily cron on the current hosting. An alert is not a real-time notification: it is a daily safety net.