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# Snapshots

## What Is This Page?

**Snapshots** lets you capture a point-in-time copy of selected Intune/Entra resource configurations, independently of creating a monitor. A snapshot becomes available to use as a baseline the next time you create a monitor.

A **snapshot job** is the run that produces the snapshot — it has its own status and timestamps. A **snapshot** is the resulting data: the list of resources captured. One successful job produces one snapshot.

## How to Use It

1. Click **New Snapshot** to open the creation dialog.
2. Give it a name and optional description, and choose which resource types to capture.
3. Submit — the snapshot job runs asynchronously and appears in the jobs table with a status of Not Started or In Progress.
4. Click **Refresh** at any time to update the table, or click the eye icon on a job to see its full details.

Once a job succeeds, you can:

* Click the monitor icon on that row to jump straight into [Add Monitor](/intune-assistant/monitor/add-monitor.md) using this snapshot as the baseline.
* Click the trash icon to delete the job and its snapshot data. A confirmation dialog warns this cannot be undone.

## What You Will See

Three stat tiles: Succeeded, In Progress, and Failed.

The **Snapshot Jobs** table lists each job with:

| Column                 | What It Shows                                                         |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name / Description** | What you named the snapshot                                           |
| **Status**             | Not Started, In Progress, Succeeded, Partial, or Failed, with an icon |
| **Resources**          | Number of resource types requested                                    |
| **Created**            | When the job was submitted                                            |
| **Completed**          | When the job finished, if it has                                      |
| **Actions**            | View, create monitor from this snapshot, and delete                   |

The details dialog shows the job's status, snapshot ID, timestamps, the requested resource types, and — once complete — the actual captured resources (name and type), with a prompt to create a monitor from it.

If you have no snapshots yet, the table is replaced with a call-to-action to create your first one.

## Common Questions

**Why would I take a snapshot without immediately creating a monitor?**\
To capture a baseline now (for example, right after a change window) and decide later whether to turn it into an ongoing monitor.

**What happens if I delete a snapshot job that a monitor is using as its baseline?**\
Deleting a snapshot job only removes the job and its standalone snapshot record — it does not affect a monitor that was already created from it, since the monitor stores its own baseline at creation time.

## Related Pages

* [Add Monitor](/intune-assistant/monitor/add-monitor.md)
* [All Monitors](/intune-assistant/monitor/all-monitors.md)