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Microsoft Forms : Create a Survey Form From Scratch

Introduction

Microsoft Forms is online application & surveys creator tool which helps you to create surveys, quizzes & polls. Microsoft Forms also comes with Microsoft Forms Pro version with many more integration capabilities and features as comparison to basic version.With Microsoft Forms Pro, you can create and send surveys and receive survey responses in Dynamics 365 Applications along with other Dynamics 365 data. Microsoft Forms can be easily integrated and used with applications like Microsoft Flow, Microsoft Power Automate & Microsoft Azure Logic Apps.

Steps To Create a Survey From Scratch

  • Under My Forms, click on New Pro Survey
  • Input your survey title and its description.
  • Add new rating question.
  • Fill question and its description
  • In the end, your Microsoft Forms Preview Should look like this.
  • Click on Send to see sharing options
  • You can send Microsoft Forms via email or you can configure it in Microsoft Flow / Azure Power Automate or You can share Microsoft Forms Link or QR Code. There are so many options

Azure Fundamentals: IaaS (Infrastructure as a service) vs SaaS (Software as a service) vs PaaS ( Platform as a service)

Azure Fundamentals: IaaS (Infrastructure as a service) vs SaaS (Software as a service) vs PaaS ( Platform as a service)

 IaaSPaaSSaaS
Upfront costsNo Upfront costs Users pay only for what they consume.No Upfront costs Users pay only for what they consume.No Upfront costs Users pay only for subscriptions.
User ownershipUser is resposible for software, operating systems, middleware, data and applications.User is responsible for data and applicationsUsers just use the application software; they are not responsible for any maintenance or management of that software.
Cloud provider ownershipHardwares, network etc.Cloud providers are typically responsible for everything except Data & applicationCloud providers are typically responsible for everything including Data & application
Commonly used scenariosStorage, backup, and recovery/Test and developmentAzure Logic AppsD365 Online/Skype

Azure Fundamentals : Virtual Machines vs Containers vs Serverless Computing

Virtual Machine is like a computer created within a computer.It has guest operating system. Virtual Machine uses hardware level virtualization.Hypervisor controllers enables you to create and run multiple VMs.

Containers virtualizes entire operating system and multiple applications runs in an isolated and secure way on a single operating system.It doesn’t have any guest operating system.The application and all its dependencies is packaged into a “container” and then a standard runtime environment is used to execute the app.

Serverless computing also called as FaaS (Function as a service). Azure Function and AWS Lambda are the most popular serverless platforms.Application is broken into separate functions that run when triggered by some action.You only pay for the processing time used by each function as it executes.

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Piyush Adhikari