Azure MCP Server Official

Frequently asked questions

What does the Azure MCP Server MCP server do?

🌟 Microsoft MCP Servers 📘 What is MCP? Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol that standardizes how applications provide context to large language models (LLMs). It allows AI applications to connect with various data sources and tools in a consistent manner, enhancing their capabilities and flexibility. MCP follows a client-server architecture: MCP Hosts : Applications like AI assistants or IDEs that initiate connections. MCP Clients : Connectors within the host application that maintain 1:1 connections with servers. MCP Servers : Services that provide context and capabilities through the standardized MCP. For more details, visit the official MCP website. 📁 Which MCP Servers are built from this repository? This repository contains core libraries, test frameworks, engineering systems, pipelines, and tooling for Microsoft MCP Server contributors to unify engineering investments; and reduce duplication and divergence: MCP Server README Source Code CHANGELOG Releases Documentation Troubleshooting Support :--------------------- :--------------------: :-----------------------: :---------------------: :--------------------: :-------------------------: :---------------------------: :-------------------: Azure MCP [Azure MCP README] [Azure MCP Source Code] [Azure MCP CHANGELOG] [Azure MCP Releases] [Azure MCP Documentation] [Azure MCP Troubleshooting] [Azure MCP Support] Microsoft Fabric MCP [Fabric MCP README] [Fabric MCP Source Code] [Fabric MCP CHANGELOG] [Fabric MCP Releases] [Fabric Documentation] [Fabric MCP Troubleshooting] [Fabric MCP Support] 📚 Which MCP Servers are available from Microsoft? /> Azure REPOSITORY : microsoft/mcp DESCRIPTION : All Azure MCP tools in a single server. The Azure MCP Server implements the MCP specification to create a seamless connection between AI agents and Azure services. Azure MCP Server can be used alone or with the GitHub Copilot for Azure extension in VS Code. CATEGORY : CLOUD AND INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE : Local INSTALL : ✨ Microsoft Foundry DOCUMENTATION : Get started with Foundry MCP Server DESCRIPTION : A Model Context Protocol server for Microsoft Foundry, providing a unified set of tools for models, knowledge, evaluation, and more. CATEGORY : CLOUD AND INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE : REMOTE - INSTALL : /> Azure Resource Manager REPOSITORY : Azure/Azure-Resource-Manager-MCP DESCRIPTION : A Model Context Protocol server with tools to use Azure Resource Graph to retrieve and filter information about Azure resources in a customer's subscription, and tools to manage ARM template deployments. CATEGORY : CLOUD AND INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE : REMOTE - INSTALL : /> Azure DevOps REPOSITORY : Azure DevOps MCP Server DESCRIPTION : This TypeScript project provides a local MCP server for Azure DevOps, enabling you to perform a wide range of Azure DevOps tasks directly from your code editor. CATEGORY : DEVELOPER TOOLS TYPE : Local INSTALL : %22%7D%5D) %22%7D%5D) ☸️ Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) REPOSITORY : Azure/aks-mcp DESCRIPTION : An MCP server that enables AI assistants to interact with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters. It serves as a bridge between AI tools and AKS, translating natural language requests into AKS operations and returning the results in a format the AI tools can understand. CATEGORY : CLOUD AND INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE : Local INSTALL : 💻 Binlog MCP Server REPOSITORY : dotnet/skills DESCRIPTION : A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for analyzing MSBuild binary logs ( .binlog files). Exposes structured access to build errors, warnings, targets, tasks, and properties so AI agents can triage CI failures and answer build-diagnostic questions. CATEGORY : DEVELOPER TOOLS TYPE : Local INSTALL : .NET global tool from NuGet.org — dotnet tool install --global Microsoft.AITools.BinlogMcp /> GitHub REPOSITORY : github/github-mcp-server DESCRIPTION : Access GitHub repositories, issues, and pull requests through secure API integration. CATEGORY : DEVELOPER TOOLS TYPE : REMOTE - INSTALL : /> GitHub Awesome-Copilot REPOSITORY : github/awesome-copilot DESCRIPTION : Community-contributed instructions, prompts, and configurations to help you make the most of GitHub Copilot. CATEGORY : DEVELOPER TOOLS TYPE : Local INSTALL : 📝 Markitdown REPOSITORY : microsoft/markitdown DESCRIPTION : A specialized MCP server for Markdown processing and manipulation. Enables AI models to read, write, and transform Markdown content with robust parsing and formatting capabilities. CATEGORY : DEVELOPER TOOLS TYPE : Local INSTALL : 💻 Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit REPOSITORY : OfficeDev/microsoft-365-agents-toolkit DESCRIPTION : The Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides a seamless connection between AI agents and developers for building apps and agents for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft 365 Copilot. CATEGORY : DEVELOPER TOOLS TYPE : Local INSTALL : 📅 Microsoft 365 Calendar REPOSITORY : bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform DESCRIPTION : Calendar tools for creating, updating, deleting events, managing invites, and checking availability. Integrates with Microsoft Graph Calendar APIs. CATEGORY : PRODUCTIVITY TYPE : REMOTE - INSTALL : %22%7D%5D) %22%7D%5D&quality=insiders) 💬 Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat REPOSITORY : bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform DESCRIPTION : Search across M365 content including documents, emails, sites, files, and chats. Provides tools for starting and maintaining rich chat conversations against Microsoft Graph. CATEGORY : PRODUCTIVITY TYPE : REMOTE - INSTALL : %22%7D%5D) %22%7D%5D&quality=insiders) 📧 Microsoft 365 Mail REPOSITORY : bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform DESCRIPTION : Email tools for creating, sending, replying, updating, deleting, and searching messages. Integrates with Microsoft Graph Mail APIs. CATEGORY : PRODUCTIVITY TYPE : REMOTE - INSTALL : [ ](

How do I install Azure MCP Server?

Run the install command shown above, then paste the config for your client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Windsurf) into its MCP settings and restart the client.

Is Azure MCP Server free to use?

The MCP server itself is free to install. The source is public on https://github.com/microsoft/mcp. Any third-party service it calls may require its own API key and account.

Which clients support Azure MCP Server?

Any MCP-compatible client can use it, including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and custom agents.