Dec 13 2019
05:22 PM
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Aug 06 2023
04:58 PM
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TechCommunityAP
Dec 13 2019
05:22 PM
- last edited on
Aug 06 2023
04:58 PM
by
TechCommunityAP
We have a URL to a Microsoft Form but we aren't sure who created it. Since the Form still works the form must belong to a group or an individual that is still with the company. Is there a way to find out who owns a Form when all you have is the URL to the Form?
Dec 14 2019 11:43 AM
If you go into the Forms creation dashboard forms.office.com ... you might be able to see if the form is in a specific Team (but probably only if you are a member of the team will you see anything).
there does not appear to be anything in the form meta-data or in the form objects that are investigatable via PowerAutomate either.
I would suspect that your Microsoft Admin could give you a list of people that can create forms (who have a Forms license) and maybe even backtrack form the form object id.
Dec 15 2019 05:19 PM
I agree with @CYappert that you can't find the owner with just the URL at this time.
As a long shot, you could try (and maybe have others try) the following URL and put the Form ID (e.g. ID will look something like rOkYLaMXK...) at the back of this link to see if you (or someone else) can edit the form.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPage.aspx?origin=shell#FormId=
If someone hits the jackpot, get them to share the form with the appropriate people to ensure you can edit the form OR use Share as a template to allow for the duplication of the form so that you/someone else can have your own copy.
Best wishes
Damien
Apr 24 2020 01:09 PM
@Damien_Rosario thanks! You backdoor URL worked.
Apr 26 2020 06:52 PM
Mar 10 2021 07:46 AM
I don't know if it was closed deliberately or as part of the response option updates, or if it's something unique to my org's cloud instance, but the backdoor URL from @Damien_Rosario doesn't work for me.
Mar 22 2021 05:56 PM
Hi @sd adm
It may not work if you do not have edit rights to the form.
If you know who has created the form and they still have access, they can go into the form, click onto the Share button (top right of the form) and then onto Share to collaborate > + Get a link to view and edit.
Good luck!
Damien
Sep 09 2021 12:37 AM
@Jeffrey Thorpe do you know if there is a user voice suggestion for this as it seems a real disadvantage that as a system admin you can't find the owner of a form and change the owner if that person leaves the business? I've got a form I can't trace at the moment and it's like a needle in a haystack!
Sep 09 2021 12:42 AM
Sep 09 2021 12:51 AM
@SarahTurner the uservoice sites are being closed across all applications and repalced with an in-house Microsoft solution which hasn't rolled out yet. Forms uservoice was the first to close.
Rob
Los Gallardos
Intranet, SharePoint and Power Platform Manager (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)
Sep 09 2021 12:52 AM
Sep 20 2021 08:14 AM
@SarahTurner , If you had voted or commented on the top 20 suggestions at the Forms uservoice, MS sent an email with a link to a Form asking which ones you wanted to be kept informed of. That Form has since been closed, though:
Aug 30 2022 09:35 PM
I use this method. It will search the CASB for events where someone has edited a form. If someone can edit a form, that implies that person is the owner or has co-ownership of the form.
CloudAppEvents
| where Application == "Office 365"
| where TimeGenerated >ago(90d)
| project TimeGenerated, ActionType, RawEventData
| where ActionType == "EditForm"
| evaluate bag_unpack(RawEventData, columnsConflict='replace_source')
// | where FormId == "nnn"
| where SourceApp == "ms-formweb"
| project TimeGenerated, UserId, FormName, FormId
This query results in something like this. A list of Forms that have been edited, and i can see who edited them.
Sep 01 2022 08:29 AM - edited Sep 01 2022 08:31 AM
This issue has been raised via Microsoft's Feedback Center, @sd adm and @SarahTurner
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/a17fd709-d11c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472
Upvote!
Sep 01 2022 08:35 AM
Jun 09 2023 02:39 PM
Nov 01 2023 03:50 AM
Few years forward and seemingly there's still no way for 'admin' to find forms of other users.
Following an excellent suggestion by @AndrewX, I've updated it so it works with current M365 Defender schema and doesn't filter by 'EditForm' to catch people successfully opening it too.
1. Take your form link. It will look like this:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?origin=NeoPortalPage&subpage=design&id=??????????-????????-?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????&analysis=false
And make note of the long string after &id=. This is your <form id>
2. Go to: https://security.microsoft.com/v2/advanced-hunting
And do the query:
CloudAppEvents
| where Application == "Microsoft 365"
| where Timestamp >ago(90d)
| project Timestamp, ActionType, RawEventData
| evaluate bag_unpack(RawEventData, columnsConflict='replace_source')
| where FormId == "<insert your form id from URL>"
| where SourceApp == "ms-formweb"
| project Timestamp, UserId, FormName, FormId, ActionType, ResultStatus
You can see who opened or edited the form:
Nov 10 2023 10:05 AM
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