Microsoft Forms Copilot in 2026: Build AI-Generated Surveys and Quizzes in Seconds

Introduction

Creating a high-quality survey or quiz from scratch has always been more time-consuming than it looks. You need to think through the right questions, avoid leading language, choose appropriate question types, set up logical branching, and make the whole thing look professional. In 2026, Microsoft Forms with Copilot eliminates most of that effort entirely — you describe what you want and the AI builds it for you.

Microsoft Forms is the survey and quiz tool included with every Microsoft 365 subscription. It integrates with Teams, SharePoint, Excel, and Outlook, making it easy to collect responses from colleagues, customers, or students without ever leaving your familiar Microsoft 365 environment. This guide shows you exactly how to use Copilot in Forms to build surveys and quizzes faster than ever before.

What Is Microsoft Forms?

Microsoft Forms lets you create:

Surveys for collecting opinions, preferences, or feedback

Quizzes with auto-grading and point values for questions

Polls for quick yes/no or multiple-choice votes

Registration forms for events and sign-ups

Responses collect in real time, display as visual summaries in Forms, and can be exported to Excel for deeper analysis. With Copilot, creating and refining these forms is dramatically faster.

How to Access Microsoft Forms in 2026

Go to forms.microsoft.com and sign in with your Microsoft 365 account.

Alternatively, open any Teams channel or SharePoint site and click the Forms tab or the Forms app.

Click New Form or New Quiz to start from scratch, or use a template.

Using Copilot to Create a Form from a Prompt

The fastest way to create a form in 2026 is to let Copilot build it from a single sentence.

Step-by-Step: Copilot Form Generation

On the Microsoft Forms homepage, click New Form.

At the top of the form editor, click the Copilot button (the sparkle icon).

In the Copilot panel, type a description of what you want. For example: Create a 10-question employee engagement survey covering workload, management quality, and career development.

Copilot generates a complete form with appropriate question types — multiple choice, rating scales, open text, and Likert scale questions.

Review the generated questions. Click any question to edit the text, add or remove options, or change the question type.

Delete questions you do not need or click Add question with Copilot to add more on a specific topic.

Click Share when ready.

The entire process from description to shareable form takes under two minutes for most use cases.

Using Copilot to Improve Existing Questions

Already have a form but not happy with how some questions are phrased? Copilot can refine individual questions.

Click on any existing question in your form.

Look for the Copilot icon that appears in the question editor.

Click Suggest improvements. Copilot rewrites the question to be clearer, less biased, and easier to answer.

Accept the suggestion or type a prompt like Make this question more specific to remote workers to get a targeted revision.

Creating a Quiz with Copilot Auto-Grading

Microsoft Forms Quizzes are ideal for training assessments, classroom tests, and certification check-ins. Copilot makes creating them easy even if you are not a subject matter expert at writing test questions.

Step-by-Step: Create a Quiz

From forms.microsoft.com, click New Quiz instead of New Form.

Click the Copilot button and describe your quiz: Create a 15-question quiz on Microsoft Excel fundamentals covering formulas, formatting, and pivot tables with 4 answer options per question.

Copilot generates the questions with answer options and marks the correct answer for each.

Review and adjust the correct answers where needed.

Set point values for each question (default is 1 point per question).

Enable the Show results automatically option so respondents see their score immediately after submitting.

Add a passing score threshold if the quiz is used for assessment purposes.

Setting Up Branching Logic

Branching (also called skip logic) lets you show different questions based on earlier answers. In 2026, Forms supports branching on choice questions.

Click the three-dot menu on a multiple-choice or dropdown question.

Select Add Branching.

For each answer option, use the dropdown to specify which question the respondent jumps to next, or choose End of Form to terminate the survey for that answer path.

Copilot can suggest branching logic for you: click the Copilot button, select Suggest branching, and it maps out appropriate logic based on your question structure.

Sharing and Collecting Responses

Once your form is ready, you have multiple ways to share it:

Link: Copy the form URL and paste it anywhere — email, Teams message, SharePoint page, or website.

Email: Send directly from Forms to a list of recipients.

QR Code: Download a QR code for physical event signage or print materials.

Embed: Get an embed code to place the form directly inside a SharePoint page or a web page.

Teams: Share as a tab in a Teams channel or post in chat for team members to complete.

Analysing Results with Copilot

After responses come in, Copilot can help you make sense of the data:

Open your form and click the Responses tab.

Click the Copilot button in the responses view.

Select Summarise responses. Copilot reads all responses and produces a plain-English summary of the key findings, common themes in open-text answers, and notable outliers.

Click Open in Excel to export the data for deeper pivot table analysis.

Practical Use Cases for Microsoft Forms in 2026

HR and People Teams

Build employee pulse surveys, onboarding feedback forms, and exit interview questionnaires. Use Copilot to ensure questions are unbiased and cover the topics most correlated with employee retention.

Training and Learning

Create knowledge-check quizzes after training modules. Use auto-grading to give immediate feedback and track completion rates in Excel.

Event Planning

Build registration forms for webinars and in-person events. Use branching to collect dietary requirements, session preferences, or accommodation needs based on earlier answers.

Customer Feedback

Deploy post-purchase or post-support surveys. Share via email or QR code and use Copilot to synthesise themes from open-text feedback fields.

Conclusion

Microsoft Forms with Copilot in 2026 makes survey and quiz creation accessible to anyone, regardless of their experience with questionnaire design. In the time it used to take to write five questions, Copilot can build an entire professional survey tailored to your exact audience and objectives.

The next time you need feedback, a quiz, or a registration form, open Microsoft Forms and let Copilot draft it for you. You will have a polished, ready-to-share form in under five minutes. Explore more Microsoft 365 productivity tips at officelearner.net.