How to build Polls/Quizzes in Microsoft Forms

Microsoft Forms allows you to create a poll or quiz that can be shared in Microsoft Teams.

Step-by-step Instructions for Building a Microsoft Form and Sharing in Microsoft Teams

  1. Go to https://forms.office.com/

  2. Click Sign in

    Sign in Menu


  3. Select a form type.
    1. New Form will create a survey where members of the team can submit multiple responses by default.
    2. New Quiz will create a survey where members of the team can submit a single response by default.

      Form Types


  4.  Add a title for your form.

    Form Title
  5. Click the Add new button to add questions to your form.

    Add new button

  6. Select the question type (e.g. choice, text, rating, date)

    Question Types

  7. Update the question text.

    Question text

  8. Add question options.

    Question options

  9. When you're done adding questions, select the More form settings (...) button in the upper right hand corner.

    More form settings (...)


  10. Select Settings in the menu.

    More form settings menu

  11. Uncheck Record name if you'd like to receive anonymous responses.

    Form Settings

  12. Go to the App launcher button in the upper left hand corner.

    App launcher button


  13. Select Teams in the menu..

    App launcher menu

  14. Select your Team.

  15. Make sure you're on the Team's General channel.

    General Channel

  16. select Add a tab (+) on the mail tool bar.

    Add a tab

  17.  Select Forms in the Add a tab menu.

    Add a tab menu


  18. Select Add an existing form.

    Forms options



  19.  Select your form and leave the drop down box as Collect responses if you want to keep responses private.

    Select form

  20.  Leave Post to the channel about this tab checked and click the Save button.

    Post to channel and Save

  21.   Saving creates a Post about the Form and a Tab in the toolbar.

    Forms Post


    Forms Tab

  22.  To view results, go back to the App launcher button.

    App launcher button

  23.  Click Office 365.

    Office 365

  24.  Select Forms.

    App launcher menu


  25. Select your form.

    My forms

  26. Select the Responses tab.

Responses tab