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Snapshot overview

A snapshot is a point-in-time capture of the configured Microsoft tenant state for one tenant connection.

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What a snapshot contains

Each snapshot stores:
  • snapshot metadata
  • run status and timestamps
  • item counts
  • captured configuration data
  • drift summaries
  • optional comment

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Snapshot statuses

Typical statuses are:
  • running
  • success
  • error
If a snapshot fails, the detail page surfaces the error message.

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Snapshot detail tabs

The snapshot detail page includes:
  • Overview
    • high-level metadata and drift summary
  • Inventory
    • detailed configuration inventory by category
  • Export
    • JSON export of the full snapshot payload

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Baselines

A successful snapshot can be approved as a baseline. Baselines are used as a durable comparison target for future snapshots. This is useful when:
  • you want to compare against a known approved state
  • you do not want each drift review to depend only on the immediately previous snapshot

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Previous vs baseline drift

Driftmark can compare a snapshot against:
  • the previous snapshot
  • the current approved baseline

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Comments

Snapshots support comments so reviewers can document:
  • what changed
  • whether changes were expected
  • remediation notes
  • evidence review context