Microsoft Forms

Have you ever needed to automatically disable a Microsoft Form — say, when an event reaches capacity? In this post, I’ll show you how to programmatically close a form using Power Automate with a single HTTP action, and we’ll explore some practical use cases for this technique. Why Disable a Form Automatically? It is technically possible to disable a Microsoft Form from Power Automate. Why would you want to do this? Maybe it’s time limited - ok sure you can specify an end date via the existing UI. But what if that date or time was to be dynamic? ...

Need a quick way to let people register for your events and automatically send them a calendar invite? In this post, I’ll show you how to combine Microsoft Forms with Power Automate and Outlook to build a simple attendee registration system — no premium connectors required. Update Sept 2022 - looking to automatically disable your form or maybe trying to prevent attendees from receiving duplicate emails and anonomise attendees? Check out those links and see how it is done. ...

Dealing with escaped characters in Microsoft Forms responses? If you’ve ever tried to loop through multi-select answers in Power Automate and hit the dreaded “result must be a valid array” error, you’re not alone. In this post, I’ll show you the cleanest way to handle escaped JSON — and it’s simpler than you think. The Problem with Escaped Characters When you select the dynamic answer from a question and run it through an apply to each action you get an error: ...

Ever wanted to generate a PDF from a Microsoft Forms response without paying for premium connectors? In this post, I’ll show you how to populate a Word template dynamically using data from Microsoft Forms — all without the Premium Word Template action — using a clever SharePoint document library trick in Power Automate. The Build Demonstration Does your line of work require you to populate the same template over and over again? Maybe it’s invoices, certificates or receipts? What if you could complete a microsoft form and receive the completed file in return in under 60 seconds? Direct to you or your customer’s email or your document library in Teams? ...