Microsoft has moved its Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Azure Functions to General Availability, signaling a shift toward standardized, identity-secure agentic workflows. By integrating ...

Microsoft is previewing Foundry MCP Server, a fully cloud-hosted implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Microsoft Foundry. MCP is a standard for letting AI agents connect to apps, data ...

Microsoft announced that Azure MCP Server capabilities are now included out-of-the-box in Visual Studio 2026, which went GA this week and rewrote the usual long form of the acronym IDE, turning it ...