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articles/defender-for-cloud/configure-email-notifications.md

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ms.topic: quickstart
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ms.author: dacurwin
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author: dcurwin
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ms.date: 07/23/2023
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ms.date: 02/25/2024
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# Quickstart: Configure email notifications for security alerts
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# Quickstart: configure email notifications for security alerts
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Security alerts need to reach the right people in your organization. By default, Microsoft Defender for Cloud emails subscription owners whenever a high-severity alert is triggered for their subscription. This page explains how to customize these notifications.
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- ***who* should be notified** - Emails can be sent to select individuals or to anyone with a specified Azure role for a subscription.
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- ***what* they should be notified about** - Modify the severity levels for which Defender for Cloud should send out notifications.
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To avoid alert fatigue, Defender for Cloud limits the volume of outgoing mails. For each subscription, Defender for Cloud sends:
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To avoid alert fatigue, Defender for Cloud limits the volume of outgoing emails. For each email address, Defender for Cloud sends:
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- approximately **four emails per day** for **high-severity** alerts
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- approximately **two emails per day** for **medium-severity** alerts
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- approximately **one email per day** for **low-severity** alerts
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:::image type="content" source="./media/configure-email-notifications/email-notification-settings.png" alt-text="Configuring the details of the contact who is to receive emails about security alerts." :::
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:::image type="content" source="./media/configure-email-notifications/email-notification-settings.png" alt-text="Configuring the details of the contact who is to receive emails about security alerts." lightbox="media/configure-email-notifications/email-notification-settings.png":::
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## Availability
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