# Import a VM to Amazon EC2 as an image using VM Import/Export
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**Tip**  
To import your virtual machines (VMs) with a console-based experience, you can use the *Import virtual machine images to Amazon* template in the [Migration Hub Orchestrator console](https://console.amazonaws.cn/migrationhub/orchestrator). For more information, see the [https://docs.amazonaws.cn/migrationhub-orchestrator/latest/userguide/import-vm-images.html](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/migrationhub-orchestrator/latest/userguide/import-vm-images.html).

You can use VM Import/Export to import virtual machine (VM) images from your virtualization environment to Amazon EC2 as Amazon Machine Images (AMI), which you can use to launch instances. Subsequently, you can export the VM images from an instance back to your virtualization environment. This enables you to leverage your investments in the VMs that you have built to meet your IT security, configuration management, and compliance requirements by bringing them into Amazon EC2.

**Topics**
+ [Export your VM from its virtualization environment](export-vm-image.md)
+ [Programmatic modifications made to VMs by VM Import/Export](import-modify-vm.md)
+ [Import your VM as an image](import-vm-image.md)
+ [Monitor an import image task](check-import-task-status.md)
+ [Cancel an import image task](cancel-upload.md)
+ [Create an EC2 instance from an imported image](import-vm-next-steps.md)