Survival function for Poisson distribution

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Could you please help me to find a survival function for Poisson distribution? I'm very new to this topic. Poisson distribution probability mass function:

$$f(k) = P(X = k) = \frac{\lambda^k e^{-\lambda}}{k!}.$$

So, I found a general definition of survival function:

$$S(t) = P(T > t) = \int_t^\infty f(u)\,du = 1 - F(t).$$

But as I understand, this one suits only continuous distributions and Poisson is a discrete one. Then I found this definition, which seems to suit a discrete case:

$$S(t_j) = S_j = P(T \geq t_j) = \sum_{k=j}^\infty f(k).$$

But as I wasn't counting it earlier, I'm not sure how to apply it. I need it for my university project. Also, found that this is a survivor function for Poisson: enter image description here But don't know how to find it.