Are Forms polls rarely used in your Teams meetings? If yes, that’s understandable as this option can be a bit ‘out of sight, out of mind’. Now Forms Polls in Teams are getting a promotion!
Short version:
Microsoft have determined that many people don’t know that the “Forms” App provides polling capability in Teams. This functionality is being promoted to be an app in in its own right in Teams. Available now.
Details:
Hoping to provide a better experience, Microsoft are delivering a new Teams app specifically for polling capabilities. This new app will be discoverable in Teams meetings and chats as “Polls”.
The original “Forms” app will be retired from Teams meetings in mid-November, and then will be retired from Teams chat in at the end of December. Once retired from meetings and chat, the “Forms” app will only be available in the Teams channel tab to provide Survey capabilities.
Once this rollout is complete:
- The new Microsoft Forms App “Polls” will have the same functionality, same service, and there will be no need for data migration.
- For the previous polls that were created in the original App “Forms”, these polls will not be lost. Poll owners can still view them in the new App “Polls” portal in Teams OR view it in the Forms web portal page (http://forms.office.com/)
- The original App “Forms” polling capability will be retired in Teams meeting and Teams chat. Original App “Forms” survey capability in Teams channel Tab is not impacted.
Availability:
First Teams meetings, then Teams chat.Mid-October to late November On hold pending additional changes due late April late MayDue mid-June 2022.
Polls app available now.
Forms app in Teams meetings retirement has been extended to September 2023.
Originally published 11th September 2022 and kept up to date.
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Related: Forms word cloud poll for Teams meeting and Ultimate Polling and Quiz Experience with Polls app: The Replacement for Forms app in Teams meeting – Microsoft Community Hub
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