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Description


Administrators may receive Dataverse capacity alert emails indicating that database capacity has been reached, even in cases where there is no actual storage consumption issue affecting the environment.


From a user perspective, the alert is presented as a critical capacity condition requiring attention. However, there is no follow-up communication if the alert is later confirmed to be incorrect.


When the alert is generated, customers receive an email indicating that database capacity has reached its limit.

If later validation confirms that the alert was triggered incorrectly and there is no impact to the organization, no automatic correction or clarification email is sent to the affected administrators.


As a result:

Customers receive a critical capacity alert but have no confirmation whether it reflects a real issue

They do not know if their environment is impacted or operating normally

They are not informed if the alert has already been identified as incorrect

They do not know if any action is required from their side

There is no clear signal whether the alert can be ignored or must be investigated


Requested Improvements


Introduce automatic follow-up communication for false positive alerts


When a capacity alert is confirmed to be incorrect and there is no impact to the organization, send a follow-up email to affected administrators indicating that the alert can be safely ignored


Provide clear impact confirmation


The follow-up email should explicitly confirm that there is no capacity issue and no customer action is required

Customers should not need to open a support case to receive clarification for incorrect alerts


Business Value


Reduces customer confusion and unnecessary escalation caused by incorrect alerts


Improves trust in Microsoft system-generated notifications


Ensures customers clearly understand when no action is required


Improves overall communication clarity for platform-generated alerts

Category: General
STATUS DETAILS
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Comments

T

This highlights a critical communication gap in Dataverse capacity alerting. While system notifications are triggered to warn administrators when thresholds are reached, the absence of follow-up communication for false positive alerts creates confusion and unnecessary concern. Introducing clear confirmation messages when alerts are validated as non-impacting would improve transparency, reduce unnecessary escalations, and strengthen customer trust in platform-generated notifications.

Category: General

T

This is great idea, hope Microsoft will improve it in the future!

Category: General