Work with your team members to create and edit a form

In Microsoft Teams, you can add a Forms tab so you can create a new form or add an existing one that your entire team can edit.

Add a Forms tab to create a new form 

  1. In Teams, go to the channel you want and click Add a tab Add button.
  2. Under Tabs for your team, click Forms.
  3. In the Forms tab configuration page that opens, choose Create a shared form that your team can edit, then provide a name for your new form.
  4. Post to the channel about this tab is automatically checked so you can immediately share your new form with your team. If you don't want to share it right away, deselect this option.
  5. Click Save.

You are now ready to work with your team to edit this form.

Note: Each form tab will have an action status in front of the form title. In the following example, this survey is in the process of being created, so Edit is in front of the form title: Edit | Survey: Feedback on the New Tour.

Forms tab in Microsoft Teams that shows a form in "Edit" mode

 

  1. Title your form and, if you want, a description of it.

Note: Form titles can have up to 90 characters. Descriptions can have up to 1,000 characters.

Note: Your form is saved automatically while you create it.

 

Add questions

  1. Select  Add buttonAdd new to add a new question to your form.
  2. Choose what kind of question you want to add, such as Choice, Text, Rating, or Date question types. Select More question types Drop down list for more question types in Microsoft Forms for Ranking, Likert, File upload, or Net Promoter Score® question types. To organize sections for your questions, select Section.

Tip: You can also format your text. Highlight a word or words in your title or questions, and then choose any of the following: Bold (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+B), Italic (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+I), Underline (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+U), Font color, Font size, Numbering, or Bullets.

Important: If you delete a question, it will be permanently deleted along with any response data that's been collected for it. Learn more.

Preview your form

  1. Select Preview to see how your form will look on a Computer or Mobile device.
  2. To test out your form, answer the questions in Preview mode, and then select Submit.
  3. To keep editing your form, select Back.

 

Send and collect responses

  1. In Microsoft Forms, open the form or quiz for which you want to collect responses.
  2. Select Send.

Notes: 

    • We're slowly rolling out the entry point for how to access the option of sharing your form as a template. If you don't see the Collaborate or Duplicate button Microsoft Forms icon for collaborate on or duplicate a form, select the Share button and proceed to the next step.
    • If you're on the mobile site, make sure you're on the Questions tab and then press the arrow button in the center.
  1. In the Send pane under Send and collect responses, select the drop-down list and choose from whom you want to collect responses.

    Share options in Microsoft Forms
    • Anyone can respond - Anyone inside or outside of your organization can submit responses to your form or quiz.
    • Only people in my organization can respond - Only people within your organization, signed in with a work or school account, can submit responses to your form or quiz.
    • Specific people in my organization can respond - Only people or groups in your organization that you specify can respond to your form.

Notes: 

      • On the mobile site under Send and collect responses, select the link Only people in my organization can respond and choose from whom you want to collect responses.
      • Only people in my organization can respond and Specific people in my organization can respond options are only available for Office 365 Education and Microsoft 365 Apps for business users. Sign in with your work or school account to access these settings.
      • To collect responses from specific people in your organization, only users with a valid Microsoft 365mailbox can be selected. Users with other mailboxes, such as those hosted on a dedicated Exchange Server and accessed via REST APIs, are not supported. Learn more.

Note:  Specific people in my organization can respond option applies to individuals and groups only within your organization. You can designate a total of up to 100 individual names or group names. Of the 100 limit, you can designate up to 20 groups (and each group can contain up to 1,000 individuals). For example, you can collect responses from 80 individuals and 20 groups for a total of 100.

  1. Select the Shorten URL option if you want a shorter URL than what's provided. Next, choose how you want to ask for responses.

Note: The Shorten URL option is not available when signed in to Forms with a Microsoft personal account (Hotmail, Live, or Outlook.com) or if you're using the mobile site.

Copy and paste the link buttonSelect the Link button, and then click or tap Copy next to the text box that displays a web address. Copy and then paste this unique link wherever (e.g. a shared class notebook) your intended audience can see and click it to access your form or quiz.

Download QR code buttonSelect the QR code button, and then click or tap the Download button, which will download your QR code as a .png file. Insert the .png wherever your intended audience can scan it with a QR code scanner, such as a mobile device, to access your form or quiz.

More options buttonSelect the Embed button, and then click or tap Copy. Paste this embed code into a web page, Sway, or a document.

Email the link buttonSelect the Email button. When your designated email application opens, add email addresses of the people for whom you intend the form. Microsoft Forms includes a brief note in the email body and a link to your form. You can customize the email message as you like.

Note: If you select Specific people in my organization can respond, the names of individuals and groups you've specified will pre-populate in the "Bcc" line of your email as long as your total recipient list is fewer than 1,200 characters in length. Modify your email as needed before sending.

Note: Anyone who receives the form link through email will be able to forward your email to other people who can potentially see and complete your form. If your form, however, is set to Only people in my organization can respond or Specific people in my organization can respond, only individuals and groups you define - whether everyone in your organization or just specific individuals and groups - can view and respond to your form (regardless if the email has been forwarded to them).