# Configuring notifications using AWS toolkit for Visual Studio
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Elastic Beanstalk uses the Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) to notify you of important events affecting your application. To enable Amazon SNS notifications, enter your email address in the **Email Address** box. To disable these notifications, remove your email address from the box.

![Screenshot of notifications configuration panel in Visual Studio Toolkit for Elastic Beanstalk](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/images/aeb-vs-linux-notifications.png)