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How to configure voting

Set up who can vote, how they vote, and customise voters’ responses. This guide covers the required team and admin configurations.


Prerequisites
  • Voting must be enabled for your organization.
  • Team Owner permissions in Microsoft Teams and Decisions Admin rights are needed to complete the configuration.

Team Owner: grant voting rights and set vote allocation

  • Open the Agenda in Teams.
  • Click on the menu (3 line "hamburger" symbol) and choose Team settings.

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  • Go to the Member Properties tab.
    • Grant voting rights
      • Ensure only the relevant team members are allowed to vote.
      • Add or remove members as needed.
    • Set number of votes per person

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  • Assign the appropriate number of votes each member can cast for ballots in this team.

 

Team Owner: Enable the team or channel for voting

  • From Team Settings, go to the Decisions Log tab. Voting can be configured at team or channel level.
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Tip: If you are planning to use this option, voting by email can also be enabled at this stage.


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Decisions Admin: customize responses

  • Open the Decisions Admin Portal.
  • Customize default responses
  • Edit the standard options to fit your governance needs, for example: Yes, No, Abstain, or add alternatives such as In Favour, Against, Null.

Tip: If your organization has not deployed custom artifacts yet, set a storage location so voting records and reports can be saved.


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