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Teams - Create and share polls with Polls in Teams Tutorial

Polls in Teams lets you turn a discussion into a collective decision. The video covers using polls in private chats, in a channel, and during a meeting, including preparing questions in advance and launching instant polls. It shows poll formats such as multiple choice, quizzes, word clouds, ratings, and rankings, with real-time results, response details, and export options. It also demonstrates closing polls and keeping data for minutes and post‑meeting review.

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In this tutorial we will use it in a chat,

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in a channel,

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and during a meeting.

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We will also see how to prepare questions in advance

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or launch an instant poll when needed.

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Let's start with a private chat.

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Here the goal is to agree on a time without exchanging a long series of messages.

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Polls brings the question,

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the available options,

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and everyone's responses together directly in the conversation.

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The question asked participants to choose a time for the next catch up

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with 3 options available.

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Participants' names are not recorded,

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but the aggregated results are shared.

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Everyone can therefore follow the overall trend

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without seeing who selected each option.

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Multiple answers are allowed because someone may

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be available at more than one time.

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If the aim were to collect one preferred choice per person,

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this option would remain turned off

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before the poll is sent.

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The preview provides an opportunity to check the wording,

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the answer options,

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and the poll settings.

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Once published,

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it appears directly in the chat.

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The first response is immediately reflected in the results,

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providing a clear summary that helps the group confirm the selected time.

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Now let's move on to a poll for an entire team

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in the Project Atlas steering channel,

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the poll will help define the priority for the next sprint.

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It is added to a new post so that it remains visible in the project space.

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Three priorities are suggested

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fixing critical bugs,

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developing new features,

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or improving performance.

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This time only one answer is allowed.

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Each participant must therefore identify the most important issue,

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making it easier to reveal the team's leading priority.

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After the poll is published,

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both the votes and the related discussion

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remain available to channel members.

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For a scheduled meeting,

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questions can also be prepared in advance

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from the chat associated with the meeting,

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polls is added as a tab to bring together

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the polls that will be used during the session.

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Several formats are available depending on the objective.

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Multiple choice supports decision making.

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A quiz can be used to check knowledge.

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A word cloud helps ideas emerge.

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A rating measures participants' impressions,

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while ranking lets them arrange several options in order of priority.

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The first question here focuses on the priority for the next sprint.

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Only one answer is allowed so that the team can identify the topic to address first.

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A second question is added to the same poll.

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Using a 5 star rating,

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participants can assess the sprint that has just ended.

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The poll will therefore capture both a priority for future action

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and feedback on the team's recent experience.

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The questions are then saved as a draft.

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They are ready but they are not yet available to participants.

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This allows the meeting organizer to control exactly when they're shared.

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During the meeting,

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the draft is available in the polls pane.

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It can still be edited or deleted if the context has changed.

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When the discussion turns to priorities for the next sprint,

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the poll is launched.

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Its status changes to live,

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and participants can answer both questions without leaving teams.

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The results update in real time.

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The distribution of votes immediately highlights areas of

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agreement and topics that still require discussion.

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The poll menu also provides access to response details and an export option,

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for example,

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to include the results in the meeting minutes.

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For a quicker check,

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polls also offers instant polls with two possible answers.

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In this meeting,

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the thumbs up or thumbs down format measures the

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group's level of agreement without interrupting the session.

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After the meeting,

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the polls and their results remain available in

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the polls tab and in the associated chat.

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Closing a poll prevents any new votes from being submitted

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without deleting the data that has already been collected.

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You now know how to adapt polls to a chat,

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a channel,

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or a meeting.

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Depending on the situation,

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you can prepare a poll in advance or launch an instant poll to gather opinions,

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identify a priority,

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and make decision making easier in teams.

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