# microsoft/mcp

**Category:** 🛠️ Other Tools and Integrations  
**Repository:** https://github.com/microsoft/mcp/tree/main/servers/Azure.Mcp.Server  
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## Description
#️⃣ ☁️ - Access Azure services including Storage, Cosmos DB and Azure Monitor.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
No confirmed install details yet, so no config is published. Follow the setup steps in the repository above.

## Documentation

## What microsoft/mcp MCP server does

The microsoft/mcp MCP server provides a local MCP endpoint for Azure service operations. It is part of Microsoft's MCP repository, which contains shared engineering resources and multiple MCP server projects. The Azure server is the relevant component for this listing; the same repository also contains a separate Microsoft Fabric MCP server, which is outside this server's stated scope.

The Azure implementation connects MCP-compatible AI applications with Azure services. The documented service coverage includes Azure Storage, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Monitor. This makes it suitable for assistants that need to retrieve or work with information from those services through standardized MCP interactions.

The project is categorized under ☁️ Cloud Platforms. It is intended for use with an MCP host, such as an AI assistant or development environment, while the MCP client inside that host maintains the connection to the server.

## How it works

The microsoft/mcp MCP server follows MCP's client-server model. An MCP host starts or connects to the local Azure server, and an MCP client inside the host forwards requests to the server. The server then exposes Azure-related context and capabilities as MCP tools that the host can make available to an AI model.

The Azure server is listed as a local installation rather than a hosted remote endpoint. It can be used on its own, or with the GitHub Copilot for Azure extension in VS Code. The repository also links installation paths for VS Code, VS Code Insiders, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, and Claude Code, although the provided material does not describe separate tool sets for each client.

## Setup and configuration

Install the Azure MCP server through one of the installation routes listed by the project. Supported routes in the provided material include VS Code, VS Code Insiders, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, and Claude Code. The repository links directly to the relevant marketplace or setup instructions for these environments.

The supplied documentation identifies the server as local but does not provide a command, package name, configuration file, authentication procedure, required environment variables, or Azure permission model. Consult the Azure MCP documentation and troubleshooting resources linked from the repository before deploying it in a specific environment.

## Tools and capabilities

The microsoft/mcp MCP server is documented as providing access to:

- Azure Storage
- Azure Cosmos DB
- Azure Monitor

These capabilities are exposed through MCP tools rather than a separate application-specific interface. The supplied material does not enumerate individual tool names or describe the exact read and write operations available for each Azure service.

## Limitations and notes

The available description covers Azure service access at a high level but does not specify supported API versions, authentication methods, required Azure roles, resource scopes, or operation-level permissions. It also does not establish whether every listed Azure service supports both reading and mutation.

Do not confuse this Azure server with the Microsoft Foundry MCP server or the Azure Resource Manager MCP server listed elsewhere in Microsoft's MCP catalog. Those are separate projects with different endpoints and stated capabilities. For Azure Storage, Cosmos DB, and Azure Monitor access through a local MCP server, the microsoft/mcp MCP server is the applicable entry described here.

_Full upstream README: https://allmcps.com/mcp/microsoft-mcp/readme_