Add Monitor
What Is This Page?
Add Monitor is a guided, five-step wizard for creating a new configuration drift monitor: Template → Configure → Snapshot → Review → Done.
How to Use It
Step 1 — Template
Browse a gallery of monitor templates, filterable by category (All, Intune, Entra ID, Exchange) and searchable by name. Each card shows which resource types it covers.
Templates already in use show an Active badge and take you straight to that existing monitor instead of creating a duplicate.
Entra ID and Exchange templates are currently marked Coming soon and cannot be selected yet.
A Custom Monitor card lets you pick your own combination of resource types instead of using a template. This option requires an Enterprise license — on other plans the card is disabled with an "Upgrade to Enterprise" message.
Step 2 — Configure
Enter a Monitor Name (8–32 characters, letters, numbers, and spaces only) and an optional description.
For a template, the resource types are fixed and shown read-only.
For a Custom Monitor, pick any combination of resource types from a searchable list grouped into: Compliance Policies, Configuration Policies, Settings Catalog, Enrollment, Security & Roles, and Scripts & Remediations. At least one type is required.
Step 3 — Snapshot
Click Create Snapshot & Review. IntuneAssistant captures the current state of every resource of the chosen type(s) — this becomes the monitor's baseline. This can take a few minutes; the page polls automatically and shows progress until the snapshot succeeds, partially succeeds, or fails.
Step 4 — Review
The captured resources are shown grouped by resource type, with counts, and are searchable. Confirm everything looks right, then click Create Monitor — or go Back to adjust your selection.
Step 5 — Done
A confirmation screen with buttons to go to All Monitors or straight to the new monitor's detail page.
The baseline is captured in Step 3, before the monitor is actually created in Step 4 — so as soon as you click Create Monitor, the monitor is already comparing live settings against that baseline.
What You Can Monitor
Available now (Intune): Compliance Policies (Android, iOS, macOS, Windows), Windows Configuration Policies, Role Assignments, Assignment Filters, Enrollment Status Page, and Platform Restrictions.
Coming soon: Entra ID Conditional Access Policies, Entra ID Group Memberships, and Exchange Transport Rules.
Custom Monitors (Enterprise only) can combine any of: Compliance Policies, Configuration Policies, Settings Catalog, Enrollment, Security & Roles, and Scripts & Remediations.
Requirements
An Enterprise license is required to create a Custom Monitor. All templates are available on any active plan.
The monitor watches by resource type, not by individual policy, group, or scope tag — every existing resource of the selected type(s) is captured into the baseline.
Common Questions
How often does the monitor check for drift after I create it? There's no schedule to configure in this wizard — checking cadence is handled automatically once the monitor is created.
Can I choose which specific policies to monitor instead of a whole resource type? Not currently. A monitor covers every resource of the type(s) you selected in Step 2.
What happens if the snapshot in Step 3 fails? The wizard shows the failure and lets you retry from the same step rather than losing your Step 2 selections.
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