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A project manager needs to collect weekly status reports from team members. They want to create a simple form where team members can submit updates, and the responses should automatically be stored in an Excel spreadsheet. The manager also wants a notification sent to their email when a new response is submitted. Which Microsoft 365 app(s) should be used together?

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A project manager needs to collect weekly status reports from team members. They want to create a simple form where team members can submit updates, and the responses should automatically be stored in an Excel spreadsheet. The manager also wants a notification sent to their email when a new response is submitted. Which Microsoft 365 app(s) should be used together?

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A

Best answer

Microsoft Forms and Microsoft Power Automate

Forms captures responses in Excel, and Power Automate can send a notification on new submission.

B

Distractor review

Microsoft Forms only

Forms alone collects responses in Excel but does not send email notifications without additional configuration in Power Automate.

C

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Microsoft Lists and Power Automate

Lists can track data but is not designed for submitting free-form weekly reports like a form.

D

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Microsoft Excel only

Excel alone does not provide a form for data entry or automatic notification.

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  • Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.

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What does this MS-900 question test?

Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.

What is the correct answer to this question?

The correct answer is: Microsoft Forms and Microsoft Power Automate — Microsoft Forms is used to create the form, and responses are automatically collected in an Excel workbook in OneDrive. Microsoft Power Automate can then trigger a notification when a submission is made.

What should I do if I get this MS-900 question wrong?

Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.

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