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AbdulWaheed3
Sep 11, 2026Copper Contributor
What's the simplest way to make a genuinely random name selection system using Microsoft tools?
For example, suppose I have a list of participants in Excel and want to randomly select one winner without manually choosing from the list. Would you use RAND/RANDBETWEEN in Excel, Power Automate, o...
Riny_van_Eekelen
Sep 14, 2026Platinum Contributor
AbdulWaheed3 I would just add a column to your list of names with =RAND(). This assigns a random number for each person. Press F9 to re-assign random numbers and then sort the list by number (ascending or descending). The first name(s) on the list is(are) your winner(s).