Create a poll in Microsoft Teams

Polls let you get helpful feedback on questions by making a real-time poll right in a chat or channel in Teams.

Create a poll

1. To create a poll, select Actions and apps  on the right side of the Compose box where you type your message. Select Polls. If Polls isn’t in the menu, select Get more apps or select View more apps on the left side of Teams.
2. Enter your question followed by at least two choices for answers. Polls suggests some responses, which you can choose, or type your own in the Option boxes. Select Add option to add more answers.
3. Turn on Multiple selections to allow users to choose more than one answer.
4. Optionally, select Record names of respondents. Only you can see the respondent names and individual responses. 
5. If you want, select Share aggregated results with respondents.
6. When you're done, select Preview to review your poll. Select Edit to make updates or select Send to publish your poll to the chat or channel.
    

Responding to a poll

• To respond to a poll, select Start now. Choose your responses on the poll card and select Submit Vote. As people vote, you'll see updates to the response summary on the poll card.

View and organize poll results

To view results and other poll details: 

• If you created the poll, you can view the results by selecting More in the poll card.
  The Responses Overview page in Microsoft Forms shows the following details:

  • Whether the poll is active or inactive.
  • The number of poll responses.
  • The average time people spent in the poll.
  • The duration or length of time the poll is available to respondents.
  • The number of responses for each answer.
  • If you selected to record participant names, select More details to see the name and answer of each participant.

To organize poll results:

• To view results in a spreadsheet, select Open results in Excel.
• To see results for each participant, select Check individual results.
• To delete results, print a results summary, or share a link to poll results, select More options for responses . Learn more about viewing and sharing poll results Check and share your form results.

Manage a poll

1. Select More on the poll card to open the result view.
2. In the upper-left corner, select Back to questions.
3. Select Settings . Specify who can fill out the form, the types of responses, and whether you're notified of each response.

Microsoft Teams Third Party Notice and Terms of Use for Poll/Survey/Checklist

Get constructive feedback on questions by creating a real-time poll right from a chat or channel with the Polls app for Teams. 

Create a poll

1. To create a poll, select Actions and apps  on the left side of the Compose box where you type your message and select Polls. If the app isn’t in the list, then install it through your desktop or browser.
2. Enter your poll question in the Polls app followed by at least two choices for answers. You can add as many as 10 choices to a poll.
3. Tap Preview to preview and Send to publish your poll.

To respond to a poll, choose an option and tap Submit Vote. As people in your group or channel vote, you will see updates to the response summary. 

View your poll results

To see the results of your poll, tap More. 

Participation Summary shows the response list along with the participants’ choices. The list of people who didn’t vote on the poll is in the adjacent tab.

Manage a poll

• Tap Responses on the poll card to open the result view.

Microsoft Teams Third Party Notice and Terms of Use for Poll/Survey/Checklist