How to Create a Poll or Quiz in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams gives you three ways to ask questions, and they are easy to confuse.

A quick vote in a channel is not the same thing as a poll launched during a meeting. Neither is a replacement for a multi-question quiz built in Microsoft Forms.

Short answer: Use the Polls app for a single question in a Teams chat or channel. Add Polls to a scheduled meeting when a presenter needs to launch questions live. Use Microsoft Forms when you need several questions, scoring, branching or a permanent quiz tab in a channel.

Last reviewed: 6 August 2026. These steps are based on Microsoft’s current documentation. Button names can vary slightly by Teams client, update ring and organisational app policy.

Which Teams poll or quiz method should you use?

What you need	Best option	Where people respond
One quick vote in a chat or channel	Polls app	Directly on the poll card
A poll or short knowledge check during a meeting	Polls app added to the meeting	Meeting notification, Polls pane or meeting chat
A multi-question, scored or branched quiz	Microsoft Forms	Forms link or Forms tab in a Teams channel
A survey the Team should jointly own	Group-owned Microsoft Form	Forms tab, link or embedded form

The old @Forms bot method is no longer the route Microsoft documents. In the current Teams interface, you start a quick poll from Actions and apps beside the compose box.

How to create a quick poll in a Teams chat or channel

Use this method when you need one question answered without pulling everyone into another app.

1. Open the chat or channel

Go to the conversation where the poll should appear. This can be a group chat or a channel post.

2. Open Polls

Select Actions and apps on the right of the compose box, then choose Polls.

If Polls is not shown, select Find more apps or open Apps from the left side of Teams and search for it. On mobile, open the menu below the message box and select the Poll app.

Microsoft’s current instructions are in Create a poll in Microsoft Teams.

3. Enter the question and choices

Enter one question and at least two answer choices.

Keep the choices distinct. “Monday”, “Tuesday” and “Either works” will produce a more useful result than three overlapping options.

4. Choose the response settings

The desktop experience currently offers these useful controls:

• Multiple selections lets each person choose more than one answer.
• Record names of respondents lets the poll creator identify individual responses.
• Share aggregated results with respondents lets voters see the combined result.

Do not promise anonymity until you have checked the response settings. A sensitive staff question deserves more care than choosing a meeting time.

5. Preview and send

Select Preview. Microsoft gives you an Edit option at this point, so check the wording and settings before selecting Send.

The poll appears as an interactive card. People choose an answer and submit their vote without leaving the conversation.

6. Review the results

Select More on the poll card to open its response overview in Microsoft Forms.

From there, the creator can inspect the response count, view individual results when names were recorded, or open the results in Excel.

How to create a poll or quiz during a Teams meeting

Meeting polls are prepared and managed from the meeting’s Polls tab or pane. They can be launched before, during or after the meeting.

1. Add Polls to the meeting

1. Open Calendar in Teams.
2. Select the scheduled meeting.
3. Select Chat with participants.
4. Add a tab, search for Polls, then select Add and Save.

2. Create the question

Open the Polls tab and select Create New Poll.

Microsoft currently documents these meeting question types:

• Multiple-choice poll
• Multiple-choice quiz, where one or more answers can be marked correct
• Word cloud
• Rating
• Ranking

Some question types are unavailable in GCC High and DoD environments, and Microsoft rolls features out gradually. Check the options visible in your own tenant before designing a meeting around one of them.

3. Choose who can edit and see the result

Before launching, check whether names should be recorded, whether combined results should be shown to respondents, and whether co-presenters can edit the draft.

Only meeting owners and presenters can create, manage and launch meeting polls. Attendees can respond but cannot edit them.

4. Save or launch

Use Save as draft when the poll is part of a planned agenda. Use Launch now when you are ready to collect answers.

When launched, the question can appear as a meeting notification and in the meeting chat. The organiser can follow the results from the Polls tab or pane, then close, reopen, export or delete the poll.

Microsoft documents the complete process in Poll attendees during a Teams meeting.

How to create a full quiz for Microsoft Teams

Use Microsoft Forms when a one-question meeting knowledge check is too limited.

A Forms quiz can contain several questions, correct answers, points, sections, branching and tailored answer feedback.

1. Create the quiz in Microsoft Forms

1. Sign in at Microsoft Forms with the account you use for Teams.
2. Select New Quiz.
3. Give the quiz a clear name and description.
4. Add the required questions.
5. Mark the correct answer or answers and assign points where appropriate.
6. Use sections and branching when different answers should lead people down different routes.
7. Select Preview and complete the quiz yourself before sharing it.

Forms can also draft a quiz with Copilot, but Microsoft says that requires both a Microsoft 365 account and a Copilot licence. Treat the output as a draft: check every answer, score and explanation before publishing it.

See Create a quiz with Microsoft Forms for Microsoft’s current question and scoring options. Our Microsoft Forms guide covers the wider Forms workflow.

2. Decide who should own it

A quiz created under My Forms belongs to its creator.

If the Team needs shared ownership, move the quiz to the Microsoft 365 group connected to that Team:

1. In Forms, open All My Forms.
2. Open the quiz tile’s More options menu.
3. Select Move.
4. Choose the Team’s group and confirm the move.

Microsoft notes that you must be a member of the target group. Being listed only as a group owner is not enough.

After the move, Forms creates a response workbook in the group’s SharePoint Documents library when the workbook is first opened from the Responses page. Do not move that workbook elsewhere; Microsoft warns that new responses will stop synchronising to it.

Read Move your form to a group before transferring a live quiz.

3. Add the quiz to a Teams channel

1. Open the required Teams channel.
2. Select Add a tab.
3. Choose Forms. Search for the app if it is not already shown.
4. Select Add an existing form.
5. Search for and select the quiz.
6. Choose the right tab mode:
   • Collect responses gives people the quiz to complete.
   • Show results displays the results.
   • Collaborate lets the Team edit the form.
7. Decide whether Teams should post to the channel about the new tab, then select Save.

Microsoft’s Forms in Teams guide explains the three tab modes.

Common problems

Polls is missing from Actions and apps

Search for Polls under Find more apps or in the main Apps area. If it still cannot be added, ask your Microsoft 365 administrator whether Forms or the Polls app is blocked by an organisational app policy. Microsoft documents how administrators can allow or block Teams apps.

I cannot create a poll during a meeting

Check your meeting role. Attendees can answer polls, but only the meeting owner and presenters can create, manage and launch them.

My quiz does not appear when I add a Forms tab

Confirm that Teams and Forms are using the same work or school account. The account must own the form or have access to the group that owns it.

The Team can complete the quiz but cannot edit it

The tab is probably using Collect responses rather than Collaborate. Change the tab configuration, and move the quiz to the Team’s group if shared ownership is required.

I need responses from outside the organisation

External response options depend on the form settings and the controls applied by your tenant administrator. Check the form’s audience settings before sending the link. See how to share Microsoft Forms with external users for the wider considerations.

Frequently asked questions

Are Teams polls anonymous?

They can be, but do not assume they are. Check Record names of respondents while creating the poll and verify the Forms response settings before asking a sensitive question.

Can I create a multi-question quiz inside a Teams meeting?

The meeting Polls app supports a short multiple-choice quiz. For several questions, points, sections or branching, create a quiz in Microsoft Forms and share it by link or Forms tab.

Where are Teams poll results stored?

Polls created in Teams are powered by Microsoft Forms and can be reviewed from the poll card or Forms. A group-owned Form can also create its response workbook in the group’s SharePoint Documents library.

Can a Team jointly own a Forms quiz?

Yes. Move the quiz from My Forms to the Microsoft 365 group connected to the Team. You must own the form and be a member of the target group.

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