Notification Preferences
AB Projects keeps you informed two ways: real-time activity in your project's Microsoft Teams channel, and a personal task digest you control. This article explains what you can actually adjust today, and is honest about what isn't configurable yet. For the full picture see Notifications and Reminders.
Real-time activity in Teams (automatic)
- Every comment and every task change posts an Adaptive Card to the linked Teams channel. Members you select in a comment's mention picker are @mentioned in that post, so they get Teams' normal notification (channel/activity feed).
- This is automatic. There are currently no per-event toggles — you can't individually switch off "task assigned", "mention", or "status changed". The channel post is the real-time signal for the whole team.
Your task digest (what you can control)
The settings you can change are for your personal task digest:
- Delivery method — receive it by email, as a Teams direct message, or both.
- Schedule — choose which weekdays and the time(s) per day; times use your timezone.
- The digest is a summary of your top open tasks (up to ten, by due date, overdue flagged). Turning everything off simply stops the digest; you'll still see real-time activity in the Teams channel.
Where to manage it
- Open the Settings tab in the AB Projects app (personal app or web) and find Task Reminders.
- Set your notification method and the days/times. These settings are per person — each member controls their own digest.
What isn't available yet
- Per-notification-type on/off — no individual toggles for assignment, mention, or status-change notifications.
- Follow / unfollow a task — there's no task-following concept, so there are no "tasks you follow" updates.
- Per-task due-date reminders — there's no "remind me N hours before due"; the scheduled digest is the deadline-awareness tool today.
- In-app notification center — there's no in-app bell/inbox; awareness comes from the Teams channel and the digest.
If your team needs any of these, let us know — it helps us prioritize.
Tips
- Set your timezone (in the same Settings page) so the digest arrives at the right local time.
- Use mentions deliberately — a mention is a real Teams notification for that person.
- Lean on the Teams channel thread for moment-to-moment awareness and the digest for a periodic personal catch-up.
Adjusting your digest keeps you informed at the cadence you choose, while the Teams channel keeps the team in sync in real time.