Short Version
Teams channel notifications are getting a single home. Instead of changing settings one channel at a time, you’ll be able to see and update the notification settings for all your channels from one place in Teams settings. Your existing channel notification settings are kept. Due early October to late November 2026.
Details
At the moment, if you want to change how a channel notifies you in Microsoft Teams, you do it in that channel. This update brings every channel’s notification settings together in one place, so you can review and change them all without visiting each channel.
- Where to find it: go to Settings > Notifications and activity (1) > Manage channel notifications.
- Organised by team: your channels are listed under the team they belong to, so you can work through one team at a time.
- Change individual channels: you can still set each channel differently, just from a single screen (2).
- Quick and easy: Use the drop-downs for quick settings (3) and Customise to fine-tune (4)
- Find your custom settings: a filter shows only the channels where you’ve changed the notification settings from the default.
- Nothing is lost: any channel notification settings you’ve already set are kept.
This is available in the Teams desktop app (Windows and Mac) and Teams on the web.
Availability
Due early October to late November 2026.
Source, related links and references
Roadmap ID 557970.
Related: Fine-tune notifications for each Teams channel and Pause Teams notifications for a set time.
See what else is new for Teams.
For Admins
No admin action is mentioned for this update. The feature is on by default for all Teams users, and existing channel notification settings are preserved. MC1466307.
Page originally published
8th November 2026.
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