Polls in MS Teams

Dear @Bricker, Dana, VBAVACO,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

Based on your description, the “Save as draft” button being greyed out when creating Polls in Microsoft Teams.

The Draft option is greyed out when you do not have sufficient meeting role permissions, required poll content is missing, Microsoft Forms is restricted, or Polls app ownership is limited within the meeting.

And when creating a poll from the Polls tab, Teams requires: A question, at least one answer option. If these required fields are missing, the Save as draft option will be disabled (greyed out).

Besides that, could you please help me to check other users experience the same issue as you? or only you have that issue?

Could you share screenshot of that issue so I could understand more about that (please remove/hide private information)?

And which version of Teams have that issue (Teams desktop app or Teams web version)?

For reference, you can read this article to understand more about that feature Poll attendees during a Teams meeting

In this case, if the poll you are creating cannot be saved as a draft, the poll will not be retained. Therefore, to continue, I recommend that you create a new poll again.

I hope information above meet your expectations. If not, please provide more information as my questions above so I can support you more effectively.

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In Teams meetings, polls are created and managed through the Polls app tab for that meeting. The documented behavior does not explicitly state a hard limit of five polls, but it does show how drafts work and how to continue creating additional polls once some exist.

To continue creating polls and saving them as drafts, use the Polls tab in the meeting:

1. In Teams (desktop or web), go to Calendar.
2. Open the scheduled meeting where the polls are needed and select Chat with participants.
3. At the top, select the Polls tab (if it is not there, select Add a tab, search for Polls, add it, then select Save).
4. In the Polls tab, select Create New Poll and choose the poll type (Multiple Choice Poll, Multiple Choice Quiz, Word Cloud Poll, Rating Poll, or Ranking Poll).
5. Add the question and answer options.
6. If the meeting has not started, configure options such as:
   • Record names of respondents
   • Share aggregated results with respondents
   • Allow co-presenters to edit your poll while it's a draft
7. Select Save as draft. Draft polls will show a green DRAFT label in the upper-left corner.
8. To create more polls, select Create New again. Polls can be reordered by clicking or tapping and holding a poll and dragging it to the desired position.

During or after the meeting, polls can be launched from either:

• The Polls tab by selecting Launch on a draft poll, or
• The Polls icon in the meeting window, then choosing Launch for the desired poll.

If Save as draft is greyed out, verify that the poll has all required fields completed (question text and at least one answer option) and that it is being created from the Polls tab for that specific meeting. Once those conditions are met, additional polls can be created and saved as drafts without restriction as described in the documentation.

References:

• Poll attendees during a Teams meeting
• Get help with the Polls app for Microsoft Teams