# Dashboard

The Dashboard is a single, high-level view into your environment which includes easy-to-read performance and configuration information. In many cases other areas within VM Essentials UI will allow you to drill deeper into the information presented in the dashboard.

![dashboard](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007620en_us/GUID-EED20D75-2987-4570-A0F2-5AD920F49D1D-high.png)

**Subtopics**  

- **[Environment](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007620en_us/render?page=GUID-FCD97C29-07B4-4029-BDAC-8B60EB0FCAAE.html)**
- **[System Status](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007620en_us/render?page=GUID-1457342F-8258-47AC-AEB3-54E5FE00E434.html)**
- **[Favorites](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007620en_us/render?page=GUID-E2AA01BB-BACC-4C5B-8B8E-1C7BEEDF6F12.html)**
- **[Alarms (dashboard)](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007620en_us/render?page=GUID-DA572F5F-F68F-4A2B-8E24-1596DED8CD96.html)**
- **[Instance Status](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007620en_us/render?page=GUID-E9CEABBF-F8C7-41E0-97A0-211B1967124A.html)**
- **[Instances By Cloud](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007620en_us/render?page=GUID-5535CC34-A097-4374-B6A9-CF82FC9E25E1.html)**
- **[Backups](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007620en_us/render?page=GUID-91D3F799-4C17-4008-B605-FEE370890091.html)**
- **[Task Executions](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007620en_us/render?page=GUID-2982E9F4-FB10-4CB9-A863-3A1D0D91A615.html)**
- **[Activity](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007620en_us/render?page=GUID-371A58A1-F821-449C-8D2D-EC2657C13B56.html)**
