# Creating an Instance Check-Point

This guide will cover Creating an Instance Check-point within Enseva Azure.

##### **Creating an Instance Check-Point**

1. **Navigate to the Tenant Portal**  
    Navigate to [https://tenant.enseva.com](https://tenant.enseva.com) and enter your login credentials, then sign into your account.  
    For the purposes of this tutorial, we already have a virtual machine created with the friendly name of 'vm\_test'  
      
    [![screen1.png](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/3AXscreen1.png)](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/3AXscreen1.png)
2. **Select Virtual Machine**  
    Click on the virtual machine's name in which you want to create a checkpoint, this will bring you to the vm's dashboard.  
      
    [![screen1 (1).png](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/screen1-1.png)](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/screen1-1.png)  
      
    [![screen2.png](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/9s2screen2.png)](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/9s2screen2.png)
3. **Select Checkpoints**  
    From the dashboard, select checkpoints near the top of the page.  
      
    [![screen3.png](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/ZlQscreen3.png)](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/ZlQscreen3.png)
4. **Create a Checkpoint**  
    Near the bottom of the page click on the 'create' button.  
      
    [![screen4.png](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/lA6screen4.png)](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/lA6screen4.png)
5. **Specify Checkpoint Details**  
    A window will appear that allows you to specify a friendly name for your checkpoint and a description.  
      
    [![screen5.png](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/Ng5screen5.png)](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/Ng5screen5.png)  
      
    [![screen6.png](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/bzkscreen6.png)](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/bzkscreen6.png)
6. **Confirm Selection**  
    A pop-up bar will appear towards the bottom of the screen asking you to confirm your decision, select 'Yes'  
      
    [![screen7.png](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/PuDscreen7.png)](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/PuDscreen7.png)
7. **Verify Creation**  
    A pop-up bar towards the bottom of the screen will indicate that a checkpoint is being created, wait for this operation to complete.  
      
    When the operation has finished you will notice the message within the bottom pop-up bar change to Successfully created a checkpoint for virtual machine 'your\_vm\_name'  
      
    [![screen8.png](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/JWcscreen8.png)](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/JWcscreen8.png)  
      
    [![screen9.png](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/Fpvscreen9.png)](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/Fpvscreen9.png)
8. **Review Checkpoint**  
    If you don't see your checkpoint appear, try refreshing your page to confirm it has been created.  
      
    [![screen10.png](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/kYGscreen10.png)](https://docs.enseva.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/kYGscreen10.png)