diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-endpoint.yml b/.github/workflows/create-endpoint.yml
index 6a79fa9d..55d66e25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-endpoint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-endpoint.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ name: create-endpoint
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      endpoint_file:
-        required: true
-        type: string
       resource_group:
         required: true
         type: string
@@ -18,6 +15,9 @@ on:
       endpoint_type:
         required: true
         type: string
+      endpoint_auth_mode:
+        required: true
+        type: string
     secrets:
       creds:
         required: true
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ jobs:
         run: az extension update -n ml
       - name: create-environment-from-file
         run: |
-          az ml ${{ inputs.endpoint_type }}-endpoint create --name ${{ inputs.endpoint_name }} \
-          -f ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ inputs.endpoint_file }} --resource-group ${{ inputs.resource_group }} \
+          az ml ${{ inputs.endpoint_type }}-endpoint create -n ${{ inputs.endpoint_name }} \
+          --auth_mode ${{ inputs.endpoint_auth_mode }} --resource-group ${{ inputs.resource_group }} \
           --workspace-name ${{ inputs.workspace_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-end-to-end-deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-end-to-end-deployment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef2b7239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-end-to-end-deployment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: manual-end-to-end-deployment
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      resource_group:
+        description: 'The resource group of the Azure Machine Learning workspace'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      workspace_name:
+        description: 'The name of the Azure Machine Learning workspace'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      endpoint_name:
+        description: 'The name of the endpoint'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      endpoint_type:
+        description: 'The type of the endpoint [batch, online]'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      endpoint_auth_mode:
+        description: 'The authentication mode of the endpoint [aad_token, aml_token, key]'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+jobs:
+  call-create-endpoint:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/create-endpoint.yml
+    with:
+      resource_group: ${{ github.event.inputs.resource_group }}
+      workspace_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.workspace_name }}
+      endpoint_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.endpoint_name }}
+      endpoint_type: ${{ github.event.inputs.endpoint_type }}
+      endpoint_auth_mode: ${{ github.event.inputs.endpoint_file }}
+    secrets:
+      creds: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
diff --git a/src/sample-project/endpoint-config.yml b/src/sample-project/endpoint-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4388c2ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sample-project/endpoint-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+$schema: https://azuremlschemas.azureedge.net/latest/managedOnlineEndpoint.schema.json
+name: sample-project-aad-endpoint
+auth_mode: aad_token