Manage Azure Resources with Natural Language
Microsoft's Azure MCP Server bundles all Azure MCP tools into one local server for AI coding assistants, part of the microsoft/mcp ecosystem.
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Why it matters
Seamlessly connect AI agents to Azure services, enabling natural language control over cloud resources like storage, databases, and deployments.
Outcomes
What it gets done
Perform blob storage operations and manage containers.
Query Cosmos DB and manage documents.
Execute Azure CLI commands for resource management.
Deploy ARM templates and monitor resource status.
Install
Add it to your toolbox
Run in your project directory:
curl -fsSL https://spark.entire.vc/get/vb-azure | bash Overview
Azure MCP
Azure MCP Server bundles all Azure MCP tools into one local server implementing the Model Context Protocol, built from Microsoft's microsoft/mcp repository alongside Microsoft Fabric MCP, installable in VS Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ, Eclipse, and Claude Code. Use it to give an AI coding assistant general Azure resource management tools; use a more specialized sibling server (Azure DevOps, AKS, Azure Resource Manager) for narrower Azure sub-service work.
What it does
This is Microsoft's microsoft/mcp monorepo README, and this catalog entry covers the Azure MCP Server specifically: a single MCP server bundling all Azure MCP tools together, implementing the Model Context Protocol to connect AI agents to Azure services. It can be used standalone or alongside the GitHub Copilot for Azure extension in VS Code. The source frames MCP itself around a client-server architecture: MCP Hosts (AI assistants or IDEs that initiate connections), MCP Clients (connectors inside the host maintaining 1:1 connections), and MCP Servers (the services providing context and capabilities through the standardized protocol). The microsoft/mcp repository itself hosts the core libraries, test frameworks, engineering systems, pipelines, and tooling that Microsoft MCP Server contributors share to unify engineering investment and reduce duplication - and it builds exactly two servers directly: Azure MCP and Microsoft Fabric MCP, each with its own README, source code, CHANGELOG, releases, documentation, troubleshooting guide, and support channel. Azure MCP itself is categorized as Cloud and Infrastructure tooling, runs locally, and is installable into VS Code, VS Code Insiders, Visual Studio (via the GitHub Copilot for Azure extension), IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, and Claude Code. Beyond Azure MCP, the same Microsoft MCP ecosystem includes a large set of separately maintained servers the README catalogs by name and category - Microsoft Foundry (a remote server at mcp.ai.azure.com for models, knowledge, and evaluation), Azure Resource Manager (a remote server using Azure Resource Graph to query resources and manage ARM template deployments), Azure DevOps (a local TypeScript server for Azure DevOps tasks from the editor), Azure Kubernetes Service, GitHub and GitHub Awesome-Copilot, Markitdown, and a full Microsoft 365 suite (Agents Toolkit, Calendar, Copilot Chat, Mail, User, Admin Center, Clarity, Dataverse, Dev Box, Fabric and Fabric Real-Time Intelligence, Learn, an Enterprise MCP Server, Sentinel Data Exploration, SQL, Teams, Word), plus NuGet, OneDrive and SharePoint, SharePoint Lists, Playwright, and Wassette. There's also a separate Azure plugin that connects GitHub Copilot CLI or Claude Code to an Azure account, layering Azure MCP server tools with extended Azure knowledge skills for managing resources, deploying applications, and monitoring services directly from the development environment, installed via the microsoft/skills plugin marketplace.
When to use - and when NOT to
Use Azure MCP when you want one server exposing Azure's tooling to an AI coding assistant - managing and querying Azure resources from inside VS Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ, Eclipse, or Claude Code - rather than a narrower Azure sub-service integration. If your need is actually one of the sibling servers cataloged in this same repository (Azure Resource Manager for ARM template or resource-graph work specifically, Azure DevOps for boards, repos, and pipelines, AKS for Kubernetes cluster operations, or the Microsoft 365 suite for mail, calendar, Teams, or SharePoint), use that named server instead - Azure MCP bundles general Azure tooling, it isn't a substitute for these more specialized servers. For a Copilot-CLI or Claude-Code-native workflow that also wants Azure knowledge skills layered on top rather than just raw MCP tool calls, the separate Azure plugin is the better starting point.
Capabilities
Azure MCP implements the full MCP specification against Azure services, giving an AI agent a consistent way to discover and call Azure-related tools rather than hand-rolling Azure SDK or CLI calls per task. It sits in the Cloud and Infrastructure category and runs as a local server, not a remote HTTP endpoint like Foundry or Azure Resource Manager. It's built and released from the same microsoft/mcp repository as Microsoft Fabric MCP, sharing that repo's engineering libraries, test frameworks, and release pipelines - each server maintains its own README, CHANGELOG, and release cadence within the shared repo.
How to install
Azure MCP installs directly into VS Code, VS Code Insiders, Visual Studio (via the GitHub Copilot for Azure extension), IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, or Claude Code, using each editor's own MCP-install mechanism. For a Copilot-CLI or Claude-Code workflow that wants the Azure plugin (Azure MCP tools plus extended Azure knowledge skills) instead of the bare server, its own three-step install, quoted verbatim:
1. Add the marketplace with `/plugin marketplace add microsoft/skills`
2. Install the plugin with `/plugin install azure-skills@skills`
3. Update the plugin with `/plugin update azure-skills@skills`
Who it's for
Developers and DevOps engineers who want their AI coding assistant to manage, query, or deploy Azure resources directly from the editor, without switching to the Azure Portal, CLI, or SDK for routine Azure operations.
Source README
🌟 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-https://mcp.ai.azure.com - 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-https://mcp.management.azure.com - 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:
☸️ 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:
GitHub
- REPOSITORY: github/github-mcp-server
- DESCRIPTION: Access GitHub repositories, issues, and pull requests through secure API integration.
- CATEGORY:
DEVELOPER TOOLS - TYPE:
REMOTE-https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp - 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-https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_CalendarTools - INSTALL:
💬 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-https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_M365Copilot - INSTALL:
📧 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-https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_MailTools - INSTALL:
👤 Microsoft 365 User
- REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
- DESCRIPTION: Tools for retrieving user details, manager, team, or direct reportees from Microsoft Graph. Serves as the agent's self-knowledge and organizational awareness layer.
- CATEGORY:
PRODUCTIVITY - TYPE:
REMOTE-https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_MeServer - INSTALL:
⚙️ Microsoft Admin Center
- REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
- DESCRIPTION: MCP Server containing tools relating to Microsoft Admin Center. Integrates with Microsoft Admin Center APIs to provide admin action capabilities.
- CATEGORY:
PRODUCTIVITY - TYPE:
REMOTE-https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_AdminTools - INSTALL:
📊 Microsoft Clarity
- REPOSITORY: microsoft/clarity-mcp-server
- DESCRIPTION: This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Microsoft Clarity data export API. It allows you to fetch analytics data from Clarity using Claude for Desktop or other MCP-compatible clients.
- CATEGORY:
DATA AND ANALYTICS - TYPE:
Local - INSTALL: microsoft/clarity-mcp-server
🗃️ Microsoft Dataverse
- REPOSITORY: Microsoft Dataverse
- DESCRIPTION: Chat over your business data using NL - Discover tables, run queries, retrieve data, insert or update records, and execute custom prompts grounded in business knowledge and context.
- CATEGORY:
DATA AND ANALYTICS - TYPE:
Local - INSTALL: Microsoft Dataverse
💻 Microsoft Dev Box
- REPOSITORY: @microsoft/devbox-mcp
- DESCRIPTION: An MCP server for Microsoft Dev Box. Enables natural language interactions for developer-focused operations like managing Dev Boxes, configuring environments, and handling pools.
- CATEGORY:
DEVELOPER TOOLS - TYPE:
Local - INSTALL:
Microsoft Fabric (Public Preview)
- REPOSITORY: microsoft/mcp
- DESCRIPTION: A local-first MCP server providing AI agents with comprehensive access to Microsoft Fabric's public APIs, item definitions, and best practices. Enables AI-assisted development for all Fabric workloads without connecting to live environments.
- CATEGORY:
DATA AND ANALYTICS - TYPE:
Local - INSTALL: microsoft/mcp
🛢️ Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence
- REPOSITORY: RTI MCP Server
- DESCRIPTION: This server enables AI agents to interact with Fabric RTI services by providing tools through the MCP interface, allowing for seamless data querying and analysis capabilities.
- CATEGORY:
DATA AND ANALYTICS - TYPE:
Local - INSTALL:
📚 Microsoft Learn
- REPOSITORY: microsoftdocs/mcp
- DESCRIPTION: AI assistant with real-time access to official Microsoft documentation.
- CATEGORY:
PRODUCTIVITY - TYPE:
REMOTE-https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp - INSTALL:
🔐 Microsoft MCP Server for Enterprise
- DOCUMENTATION: Overview of Microsoft MCP Server for Enterprise
- REPOSITORY: microsoft/EnterpriseMCP
- DESCRIPTION: Access Microsoft Entra data by converting natural-language queries into Microsoft Graph API calls. Supports read-only enterprise IT scenarios including security posture, privileged access, application risk, access governance, device readiness, and audit telemetry.
- CATEGORY:
SECURITY - TYPE:
REMOTE-https://mcp.svc.cloud.microsoft/enterprise - INSTALL:
🛡️ Microsoft Sentinel Data Exploration
- DOCUMENTATION: Explore Microsoft Sentinel data lake with data exploration collection
- DESCRIPTION: The data exploration tool collection in the Microsoft Sentinel Model Context Protocol (MCP) server lets you search for relevant tables and retrieve data from Microsoft Sentinel's data lake using natural language. Learn more: aka.ms/mcp/data-exploration.
- CATEGORY:
SECURITY - TYPE:
REMOTE-https://sentinel.microsoft.com/mcp/data-exploration - INSTALL:
🛢️ Microsoft SQL
- REPOSITORY: MSSQL MCP Server
- DESCRIPTION: Chat with your business data the new agentic way using natural language and AI. Connect to any SQL database-from ground (on-premises) to Azure cloud to Microsoft Fabric via a simple connection string. Discover and define table schemas, manage tables, and perform CRUD operations through conversational prompts.
- CATEGORY:
DEVELOPER TOOLS - TYPE:
Local - INSTALL: MSSQL MCP Server
💬 Microsoft Teams
- REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
- DESCRIPTION: Manage Microsoft Teams chats, channels, users, and messages via Graph API. Features server-side filtering, pagination, and token optimization.
- CATEGORY:
PRODUCTIVITY - TYPE:
REMOTE-https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_TeamsServer - INSTALL:
📄 Microsoft Word
- REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
- DESCRIPTION: MCP Server containing tools to work with Microsoft Word documents. Enables reading and understanding documents, creating new ones, and collaborating through comments.
- CATEGORY:
PRODUCTIVITY - TYPE:
REMOTE-https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_WordServer - INSTALL:
💻 NuGet MCP Server
- REPOSITORY: NuGet/Home
- DESCRIPTION: This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for NuGet, enabling advanced tooling and automation scenarios for NuGet package management.
- CATEGORY:
DEVELOPER TOOLS - TYPE:
Local - INSTALL: Nuget MCP Server
📁 OneDrive and SharePoint
- REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
- DESCRIPTION: OneDrive and SharePoint Remote MCP Server. All tools supporting OneDrive and SharePoint files integration exposed by the ODSP MCP endpoint are automatically discovered and made available.
- CATEGORY:
PRODUCTIVITY - TYPE:
REMOTE-https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_ODSPRemoteServer - INSTALL:
📋 SharePoint Lists
- REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
- DESCRIPTION: MCP server providing Microsoft Graph SharePoint tools for Lists. Includes site management, document libraries, lists, and collaboration features.
- CATEGORY:
PRODUCTIVITY - TYPE:
REMOTE-https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_SharePointListsTools - INSTALL:
🎭 Playwright
- REPOSITORY: microsoft/playwright-mcp
- DESCRIPTION: This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots, bypassing the need for screenshots or visually-tuned models.
- CATEGORY:
DEVELOPER TOOLS - TYPE:
Local - INSTALL:
🧩 Wassette
- REPOSITORY: microsoft/wassette
- DESCRIPTION: Wassette: A security-oriented runtime that runs WebAssembly Components via MCP.
- CATEGORY:
DEVELOPER TOOLS - TYPE:
Local - INSTALL: microsoft/wassette
🔌 Azure Plugin
Get started with the Azure plugin, which connects GitHub Copilot CLI or Claude Code to your Azure account. This integration lets you manage resources, deploy applications, and monitor services directly from your development environment using tools from the Azure MCP server and extended Azure knowledge skills.
To install the Azure plugin into Copilot CLI and Claude Code:
- Add the marketplace with
/plugin marketplace add microsoft/skills - Install the plugin with
/plugin install azure-skills@skills - Update the plugin with
/plugin update azure-skills@skills
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