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Microsoft Forms: branching logic and quiz mode

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Microsoft Forms: branching logic and quiz mode

Advanced Microsoft Forms: branching that behaves, quiz mode with auto-grading, practice mode, Excel sync, Copilot in Forms, and when to move to Power Apps.

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Branching

Branching shows different questions depending on earlier answers. It's configured per question (the "…" menu → Add branching), and for each answer option you choose which question comes next — or End of form.

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Quiz mode

A quiz is a form with correct answers, points, and feedback. Create it as New Quiz (converting a form later isn't supported, so choose up front). Per question you mark the correct option(s), assign points, and optionall…

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Response settings

Under the form's settings:

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Excel and the live sync

Forms exports responses to Excel — and for forms created from Excel for the web ("Forms for Excel") or with the newer live sync, responses update the workbook automatically. The sync is real-time enough for a dashboard…

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Copilot in Forms

With a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence, Forms can draft a form from a description ("a ten-question onboarding survey for new engineers"), suggest questions, and summarise responses in plain language. The drafting is decen…

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When to leave Forms

Forms is the right tool until you need one of: conditional logic on values or calculations; more than one form talking to each other; a lookup against live data (a list of current projects); saving and resuming; role-ba…

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