Manage and organise your forms and quizzes with Collections
Are you a regular Forms user? Locating the form you want can take longer than it should…until now!
Short version:This new Forms feature release will allow you to manage and group all...
Forms word cloud poll for Teams meeting
Are you always looking for new ways to engage colleagues during Teams meetings? Whether you organise a monthly team meeting, make presentations or use Teams for delivering training, word clouds in...
Microsoft Forms data insights: Word Cloud for open text question
Short version:Microsoft are introducing a new AI based data insight type Word Cloud for open text question in Forms. The key phrases from the open text responses will be extracted and...
Microsoft Forms | Data sync to Microsoft Excel: Support for migrating from the older...
TL;DRMicrosoft: "Microsoft Forms will replace the older data sync to Excel with a new, more reliable solution on January 13, 2025. Users must manually migrate to the new solution, which will...
Forms distribution and email notification feature
Do you ever create forms or polls for a sub-set of your colleagues, but find the process of setting it up a bit clunky? This new update is about to make...
Convert Word and Pdf form or quiz to Microsoft Forms
TL;DR:This feature allows you convert existing forms or quizzes into Microsoft Forms, which should make it much to get started. After import, you can still edit as needed before collecting responses....
Microsoft Forms now supports live data sync to Excel for ‘personal’ forms – Preview
Major update: Microsoft Forms now supports live data sync to Excel with more functionality.
TL;DRYou will soon be able to sync your own Microsoft Forms results to an Excel spreadsheet in your...
Text formatting (bold, italic, underline) available in Microsoft Forms
What you need to know:
You will soon be able to use text formatting (bold, italics, and underline) in Forms surveys and quizzes differentiate and emphasise content.
What you need to do:
Nothing, this...
Microsoft Forms now supports live data sync to Excel with more functionality
TL;DRMicrosoft is expanding the Forms data sync to Excel for personal forms functionality to Group forms and adding more features. Due late June to late July 2024.
DetailsLive data sync to Microsoft Excel lets...
Microsoft Forms templates for commercial users
If you are a new Forms user and find creating great forms from scratch a bit daunting, you will love this update!
TL;DR:Microsoft Forms will soon be able to provide high quality...
Microsoft Forms: Correct Answer choice in Teams Meeting Forms Polls
Short version:Microsoft Forms: Correct Answer choice in Teams Meeting Forms Polls across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web. Rollout will begin in mid-April and should be complete by late April.
Details:This new...
Automatic groupings for @mentions in Teams for channel posts
TL;DR:@Team Owners – a new dynamic tag to use in Teams channel posts will soon allow you to notify all team owners of the post. Due early May to late June...
New data sync solution and rename for Forms for Excel in SharePoint and OneDrive
TL;DRA new data sync solution is coming to Forms created from OneDrive and SharePoint. Forms for Excel to be renamed Forms survey. Due mid-October to mid-November 2024.
DetailsMicrosoft: “Before this rollout, Forms...
Microsoft Forms: update in sharing with collaborators and recipients
Short version:Microsoft are making it easier to share a form with a collaborator or with respondents by separating the sharing process with the creation of Send and Co-author buttons. Change due...
The revamped Microsoft Forms experience is now available
TL;DRMicrosoft Forms is updating the portal page (what you see when you open Forms), form creation, and response analysis. Due late October to early December 2024.
DetailsWhen you launch Forms, you will see...
New Mobile Friendly Experience for Form Creation and Analysis
Do you use Microsoft Forms on your mobile device? It can be a bit fiddly, can’t it? Check out this update coming to both browser and the app on mobile.
Short version:Form...
New Teams Meeting Poll Question Type – Rating
Polls in Teams meetings are an excellent way to engage attendees and capture information. This feature will be a great addition.
Details:The Rating question type is being added to the Polls app...
Copilot in Forms will help you collect responses and monitor form progress
Short VersionYou will soon be able to tell Copilot your goals and deadline, and it will track the form's progress and keep you updated. Now due late April to late June...
Brand new first-run experiences for new Microsoft Forms users
New Forms users can find themselves staring at a blank form wondering where to start…this update aims to fix this.
TL;DR:New Forms users will be guided through the basics of Forms when...
Introducing a change in access behaviour for public groups in Microsoft Forms
Short version:
Microsoft are introducing a change in access behaviour for public groups in Microsoft Forms. Currently all users can edit a public Group form and view response data without joining the...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? July 2026
*Members only early access* Welcome to our seventh roundup of 2026. We review what was announced, released, and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot...
