Step-by-Step Guide to Move Google Forms to Microsoft Forms

Why Convert Google Forms to Microsoft Forms?

Your Google Workspace and Microsoft suite contain a lot of productivity and collaboration tools. Forms, among them, are essential for managing workflows and, therefore, the business drivers that require this transfer are:

• Central management and direct integration with MS Teams. 
• Analysis of responses in Excel sheets for professional needs. 
• Power Automate workflows and better compliance control. 
• Reduced multiple platform dependencies and increased productivity. 
• Improved collaboration with access to customization features. 
• Switch of environments for robust security measures. 

So, if you are moving with M365 and still relying on Google Forms for your tasks, it will only create administrative overhead and impact business performance. Better switch than create issues and risks for the business in the near future. 

What Businesses Switch From Google Forms to Microsoft Forms?

To experience a flawless migration, you must know what exactly is and is not migrated from your Google Forms. This helps verify that none of your data goes missing, as it is a misconception that the transition from Google Forms to Microsoft Forms creates a replica of the entire dataset.

 Instead, you may need to preserve the core functionalities. Even Microsoft states that you must cross-check the forms and responses pre and post-migration. The data to be migrated includes:

• Forms Title and Descriptions 
• Question Structure and MCQs
• Text questions and Basic Layouts 
• Forms responses and Images (need review)
• Branching Logics (require validation)
• Automated Workflows (recreation)
• Third-party integration and Add-ons (not supported)

Note: Form responses post-migration are accessed separately from Microsoft. 

Comprehensive Guide to Move Google Forms to Microsoft Forms

Most organizations often forget to consider assessing an inventory of Google Forms data before the migration. Doing so and maintaining a backup, either free by saving forms natively as a PDF on the OS or using other solutions for later migrating them to Microsoft Forms and the SysInfo Google Drive to OneDrive Migrator can help ensure forms remain accessible. To know more about them, check the guides mentioned here. 

Default Ways to Migrate Your Google Forms to Microsoft Forms

There are two different approaches you can follow to execute this Form-to-Form migration cost-free. We will go through each method in complete detail below:

1) Quick Import 

Individual users with a few forms can use this method to backup their Google Forms on the PC as a PDF with supported formatting. Later, they can upload the same files to Microsoft Forms. Steps are:

1. Open Google Forms and sign in to your account. 
2. Then, open the Form that you want to export and click the three-dot icon. 
3. Next, click Print, and from the dialog, choose destination Save as PDF. 
4. Deselect Headers and Footers from More Settings and press Save. 
5. The Form will be saved as a PDF on the OS. Now, go to Microsoft Forms. 
6. Sign in to your account and tap Quick Import from the top. 
7. Further, choose Upload from this Device and browse your PDF. 
8. Select it and in the upload as option, select Forms. Wait for it to complete. 
9. Finally, tap Start Review to check the converted Form and verify all sections. 

2) Microsoft Admin Center

Microsoft has a built-in capability to move Google Forms to Microsoft Forms managed by administrators. However, to use it appropriately, you must first ensure:

• Admin credentials and profile
• Access to Google Drive 
• Google Forms answer sheets within the User’s Drive 
• A CSV with mapped source and destination Google and Microsoft accounts

Then, you can follow these steps for the free migration:

1. Initially, open Google Forms and review that everything functions correctly. 
2. Then, sign in to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center with the active admin profile. 
3. Next, from the Setup, click on Migration and then Migration Manager. 
4. Further, pick your Google Workspace and sign in to the admin account. 
5. Allow the permissions and upload the CSV with the source and destination addresses. 
6. In the end, pick a destination, drives or users, and tap Migrate to transfer data. 
7. Monitor the progress in the dashboard and review the logs with the migration reports. 
8. Finally, go to Microsoft Forms and open “Migrated Forms from Google.” It moves your responses to Excel. 

That’s it. The manual process to switch from Google Forms to Microsoft Forms ends here. However, these methods lack a few critical aspects. 

Shortfalls of the Methods:

• Google Forms has conditional logic, which differs from Microsoft and requires recreation after the switch. 
• MS Forms store uploaded files in a different way than Google Forms, thus they may not be transferred exactly the same. 
• Custom themes, header images, fonts, and colors are not migrated correctly. 
• Question types can be changed, and the Quick Import feature has size limits. 
• Unsuitable for bulk Google Forms migration with complete preservation. 
• Email notifications require reconfiguration, and you need technical ability. 

Scalable Way to Move Google Forms to Microsoft Forms 

Smaller organizations can use the Microsoft Admin Center for the migration, and individuals can take the Quick Import pathway. But when it comes to enterprise-scale migrations, who needs to migrate multiple Google Forms at once with full data preservation and intact formatting and structure, a specialized tool is essential. SysInfo Google Drive to OneDrive Migration Software is a go-to solution for all techie and non-techie users to move Forms files and responses altogether with 100% accuracy and precision. It significantly reduces administrative effort with smart features and control, and can even help migrate from Google Workspace to Office 365. 

Feasible Working to Convert Google Forms to Microsoft Forms

1. Launch the Google Drive Migrator and click Next. Pick your account and tap OK.
   
2. Then, select the Google Forms data from your drive folders in a tree structure and tap Next. 
   
3. Apply the filters as desired for customization and click Next to proceed. 
   
4. Afterward, pick your destination OneDrive from the drop-down and tap Next. 
   
5. Finally, enter a folder name to save Google Forms in OneDrive folders and click OK to migrate. 
   

Note: At a later stage, you may open and find the data as PDF files within OneDrive and can access the same from Microsoft Forms. 

Wrapping Up 

When switching the workspace environments from Google to Microsoft, handling Forms was quite a task. But with the availability of multiple solutions to move Google Forms to Microsoft Forms, a barrier is eliminated. Whether you choose Quick Import, Microsoft Admin Center, or the SysInfo Google Drive to OneDrive Migrator, every solution ensures your Forms are accessible, whichever ecosystem you are working on as an individual, professional, team, or enterprise. With this guide, I hope you can have a structured and strategic migration with no loss or risks in minimal time with precision.

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Simran Bhatia

Simran Bhatia is a technical content writer engaged in writing clear, concise, and SEO-optimized content. With a background in computer science and a passion for writing, I thrive to deliver complex technical content in simple layman terms.