Enable the Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence data connector

Bring public, open-source and high-fidelity indicators of compromise (IOCs) generated by Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence into your Microsoft Sentinel workspace with the Defender Threat Intelligence data connectors. With a simple one-click setup, use the threat intelligence from the standard and premium Defender Threat Intelligence data connectors to monitor, alert, and hunt.

Starting in July 2026, all customers using Microsoft Sentinel in the Azure portal will be redirected to the Defender portal and will use Microsoft Sentinel in the Defender portal only. Starting in July 2025, many new users are also automatically onboarded and redirected from the Azure portal to the Defender portal. If you're still using Microsoft Sentinel in the Azure portal, we recommend that you start planning your transition to the Defender portal to ensure a smooth transition and take full advantage of the unified security operations experience offered by Microsoft Defender. For more information, see It’s Time to Move: Retiring Microsoft Sentinel’s Azure portal for greater security.

For more information about the benefits of the standard and premium Defender Threat Intelligence data connectors, see Understand threat intelligence.

Prerequisites

• To install, update, and delete standalone content or solutions in the Content hub, you need the Microsoft Sentinel Contributor role at the resource group level.
• To configure these data connectors, you must have read and write permissions to the Microsoft Sentinel workspace.
• To access threat intelligence from the premium version of the Defender Threat Intelligence data connector, contact sales to purchase the MDTI API Access SKU.

For more information on how to get a premium license and explore all the differences between the standard and premium versions, see Explore Defender Threat Intelligence licenses.

Install the threat intelligence solution in Microsoft Sentinel

To import threat intelligence into Microsoft Sentinel from standard and premium Defender Threat Intelligence, follow these steps:

1. For Microsoft Sentinel in the Azure portal, under Content management, select Content hub.

   For Microsoft Sentinel in the Defender portal, select Microsoft Sentinel > Content management > Content hub.

2. Find and select the Threat Intelligence solution.

3. Select the Install/Update button.

For more information about how to manage the solution components, see Discover and deploy out-of-the-box content.

Enable the Defender Threat Intelligence data connector

1. For Microsoft Sentinel in the Azure portal, under Configuration, select Data connectors.

   For Microsoft Sentinel in the Defender portal, select Microsoft Sentinel > Configuration > Data connectors.

2. Find and select either the standard or premium Defender Threat Intelligence data connector. Select Open connector page button.

3. Enable the feed by selecting Connect.

   

4. When Defender Threat Intelligence starts populating the Microsoft Sentinel workspace, the connector status displays Connected.

At this point, the ingested intelligence is now available for use in the TI map... analytics rules. For more information, see Use threat indicators in analytics rules.

Find the new intelligence in the management interface or directly in Logs by querying the ThreatIntelligenceIndicator table. For more information, see Work with threat intelligence.

Related content

In this article, you learned how to connect Microsoft Sentinel to the Microsoft threat intelligence feed with the Defender Threat Intelligence data connector. To learn more about Defender Threat Intelligence, see the following articles:

• Learn about What is Defender Threat Intelligence?.
• Get started with the Defender Threat Intelligence portal.
• Use Defender Threat Intelligence in analytics by using matching analytics to detect threats.