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Missing Features in Forms
Microsoft Forms is lacking in, what I believe, a lot of basic fundamentals for something labeled as a 'form'.
We used Smartsheet for several years before moving fully to Microsoft 365, but may end up returning to Smartsheet, specifically due to the serious shortcomings of Microsoft Forms.
Smartsheet sheets have amazing abilities in a number of areas that reach far beyond Microsoft offerings in Excel and Forms.
The ease with which forms can be created within a Smartsheet sheet, and the capability of those forms, is light years beyond the paltry thing Forms is. When I say 'forms', it is because a single Smartsheet sheet, can have multiple forms that collect data within the single sheet. Then that single sheet can easily and quickly generate multiple reports to disperse/display the data at the users will. Data from a sheet can be easily sorted and filtered beyond what Excel permits without having to become a programmer.
Consider also that in forms for Smartsheet, you can attach/upload files within the form.
Then look at how Smartsheet can report data from a multitude of sheets, quickly and easily, and it becomes yet another effort in frustration dealing with the Microsoft behemoth mentality of inflexibility.
I've been fight with the Microsoft monopoly for over 40 years and if there were a viable business alternative that cost 4x more than Microsoft 365, I would gladly pay it this minute.
Microsoft Forms is a sad joke.