How to use Voting Buttons in Outlook

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to use voting buttons in Microsoft Outlook. Voting buttons are a great way to poll people, especially large groups. A Microsoft Exchange Server account is required to send and respond to voting buttons. Additionally, recipients need to be within the same organization as the sender.

0:00 Introduction
1:32 Insert voting buttons
4:41 Vote as the originator of the voting options
5:02 What voting looks like for a recipient
5:50 Review summary of votes
7:00 Print voting summary
7:15 Copy voting summary for Excel
7:33 Wrap up

As full disclosure, I work at Microsoft as a full-time employee.

[ExtremeWaysBourne]

You have single-handedly made me switch to Office online, Kevin. I am an online educator and I was using Google Docs and slides for my teaching needs. But mainly because I didn't even know that I can get the latest and greatest Word online for free!
One request: if possible make another video showing how Word and PowerPoint can be used most effectively for teaching. And do mention the limitations of the free version. (For example, no screen recording in the free PowerPoint onine) Thanks.

[ankitkishore]

Thanks Kevin. Great resource. somthing unique

[margaret]

awesome thanks!! followed along as i set up an email to see if our clients wanted an in person seminar or virtual :) thanks much!!!

[missrhib]

Thx! I knew finding the responses should be easy!

[djnausea]

Perfect video! Hit everything I needed to know.

[tonyaharris]

You save my life every time! Thank you so much 💕

[Skippingdude]

I use this feature all the time, BUT, I didn't know you could customize it! Good stuff.

[rkunju]

Thank you so much Kevin. Your videos on MS office are very very helpful

[sabirali]

Very nice & Great, It (How to use Voting Buttons in Microsoft Outlook)will make life so easy!

[aibelg]

Thank you Kevin for your useful knowledge sharing

[eddiestilll]

very helpful tutorial :D thank u, will b using it for quick 1 question surveys for da team in da workplace!

[jenna]

Would love it if I could drop voting into a meeting hint you !

[keeboon]

Thanks Kevin. Your video is fantastic and very captivating. I think I have watched and LIKE more than dozen :)

[monicacastillo]

this is so cool thank you so much. my team is stocked to be able to vote

[ryukoros]

Is there a way to make the voting button more visible? If I use it in my current work place and they never used it before they can easily overlook it because they don't have the time. Oh can they also see it on their phones?

[Bunny_shorts]

Hello Kevin, Thanks for enriching by new tips & tricks of MS tools. Plz make a video on the topic - advance features of windows 10 OS. Thanks

[dramirabelal]

I suggest that you introduce questions about the tips and the following day answer after our trails

[WebGoonie]

I think this video is helpful.... to Microsoft. Clearly there is a missed opportunity with this feature. They need to spend a bit more time to make it UI friendly and make it more apparent to the user. 🤷‍♂️

[craigallen]

This is a good video thanks. One question... I have sent an email with voting buttons. I have given my team a few days to respond. I now want to remove the ability to vote as the time is up. How can I remove the voting options for those who haven't yet replied? Thanks

[lindahuffaker]

Thanks Kevin, really good overview. Saved me lots of time. Hey, can you please tell me, since you work for Microsoft, where I could get a blue, round highlighter for my pointer, like the one you used in this video, that works with Teams? We do a lot of demos on Teams, and would be nice to have such a tool! Thank you!