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# 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](/intune-assistant/monitor/monitor-details.md).

{% hint style="info" %}
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.
{% endhint %}

## 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.

## Related Pages

* [All Monitors](/intune-assistant/monitor/all-monitors.md)
* [Monitor Details](/intune-assistant/monitor/monitor-details.md)
* [Snapshots](/intune-assistant/monitor/snapshots.md)


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