Tested: Teams meeting polls, Microsoft Forms responses, Open in Excel export behavior, and workbook cleanup in Excel for the web.
Teams meeting polls are closely connected to Microsoft Forms, which is why the cleanest Excel export path often starts from the poll results and then moves through Forms responses. If the Teams surface does not download the workbook correctly, Forms can give you a more reliable route. The goal is not only to get a file. You also want a workbook that opens without permission prompts, broken columns, or