1. Microsoft Learn, "Work with threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel": Under the section "Add a threat indicator to your threat intelligence from an incident," the documentation explains the process. It states, "Analysts can add threat indicators to their threat intelligence repository while investigating an incident... Right-click the entity... Select Add to TI. (The menu option might be available only for supported entity types)." This confirms the action is entity-type dependent.
2. Microsoft Learn, "Understand threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel": In the section "Threat indicator formats," the documentation lists the valid STIX-2.1 indicator types supported by Microsoft Sentinel. These are domain-name, email-addr, file-hash-md5, file-hash-sha1, file-hash-sha256, ipv4-addr, ipv6-addr, and url. This list does not include hostnames or user accounts as indicator types.
3. Microsoft Learn, "Entities in Microsoft Sentinel": This document lists the various entity types that Microsoft Sentinel recognizes, including Account, Host, and IP address. It clarifies the distinction between an entity in an incident and a threat indicator, which is a specific type of data used for threat intelligence.