I can inventory Forms and their owners across our tenant, but I need a way to transfer forms from active users to a service account or Microsoft 365 group before they become orphaned. Is there an automated option for doing this at scale?
Can Microsoft Forms ownership be transferred in bulk with PowerShell or an API?
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The missing piece is the transfer itself. The available information here does not establish a PowerShell, API, or third-party method for bulk transfers from active users. Being able to inventory forms through an API does not necessarily mean that API supports changing their ownership.
The documented admin transfer process is aimed at disabled or deleted users. I would ask Microsoft specifically about active-user transfers and whether any supported bulk method exists, rather than assuming the offboarding process covers this case.
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One option for ongoing access is to move forms to a team group and add the service account to that group. That can give the account access for flows involving the forms and associated SharePoint libraries.
That still leaves your main question open, though. This approach does not establish how to automate the initial move from each active owner.
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Be careful about treating a group as a temporary landing spot. There is a concern that a form moved to a group cannot then be transferred elsewhere because the transfer requires the owner to act. Check that behavior before moving a large batch.
r6+parcel_359:
For access within that group, another option is to make additional people owners of the team. That is separate from moving the form to a different owner.
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mildly_incomplete:
Check whether the current form owners also need to be team owners so they can keep maintaining their forms. Adding them to a team may send an automatic email, so a heads-up could help.