To provide an information notification method and a server which can surely notify a user of predetermined information such as content of a failure.

The information notification method concerning the present invention is characterized by providing: a process A that the server detects that predetermined conditions are satisfied in a terminal; a process B that the server transmits a communication connection setting request to an address of connection equipment connected to the terminal; a process C that the server sets communication connection with the connection equipment based on a response message to the communication connection setting request from the connection equipment; and a process D that the server determines whether or not the predetermined information associated with the predetermined conditions is transmitted using the set communication connection based on identification information included in the response message.