Azure MCP Server
Current Spec Verified Confidence: High (0.95)Azure MCP Server is an MCP server published by Microsoft with verified support for the current MCP specification revision (2026-07-28). It is the first-party server from Microsoft. Last verified 2026-08-07.
Does Azure MCP Server support the current MCP specification (2026-07-28)?
Yes. Azure MCP Server has verified support for MCP revision 2026-07-28, the current stable specification (last verified 2026-08-07).
Is Azure MCP Server a first-party (official) MCP server?
Yes. Azure MCP Server is the first-party MCP server published by Microsoft (last verified 2026-08-07).
How do I connect to Azure MCP Server?
Azure MCP Server is available via the package nuget:Azure.Mcp, the official MCP Registry under com.microsoft/azure, the source repository at https://github.com/microsoft/mcp. Authentication: unknown. Transports: stdio, streamable-http.
What tools does Azure MCP Server expose?
Azure MCP Server exposes 427 tools (last verified 2026-08-07).
Does Azure MCP Server support MCP revision 2026-07-28?
Yes. Azure MCP Server supports MCP revision 2026-07-28 (checked 2026-08-07).
When were Azure MCP Server's facts last verified?
2026-08-07. Each fact on this page links to the sources used to verify it.
Which MCP concepts apply to Azure MCP Server?
- Stateless core - The 2026-07-28 revision's redesign of MCP from a bidirectional stateful protocol into a request/response stateless one: the initialize handshake and protocol-level session are removed, every request carries its protocol version, client identity, and capabilities in _meta, and any request can land on any server instance behind a plain load balancer.
Azure MCP Server is Microsoft's first-party MCP server for Azure
services, developed in the microsoft/mcp monorepo under
servers/Azure.Mcp.Server. It is distributed as the NuGet package
Azure.Mcp, the npm package @azure/mcp, the PyPI package
msmcp-azure, and as .mcpb bundles. Release 3.0.0-beta.31 states an
individual tool count of 427.
The server migrated to the 2026-07-28 revision in
prerelease 3.0.0-beta.29, dated 2026-07-23. The CHANGELOG entry states
that HTTP clients using the new protocol must include Mcp-Method and
Mcp-Name routing headers on every POST request, and that clients on
the previous 2025-11-25 protocol are unaffected because the server
auto-negotiates backward compatibility.
The 3.0.0 line remains in prerelease. As of 2026-08-07 the newest
release is 3.0.0-beta.32 and the newest non-prerelease version is 2.0.5,
so a stable 3.0.0 has not shipped. No vendor-hosted remote endpoint is
published: the README documents self-hosting on Azure Container Apps and
links a survey soliciting interest in managed hosting. The official MCP
Registry record com.microsoft/azure is several months behind the
repository, listing 3.0.0-beta.6 as its latest version.
Which MCP spec revisions does Azure MCP Server support?
Azure MCP Server has 1 verified spec-support record. Each row lists the revision, the verified status, the evidence URL, and the date that fact was last checked.
| Spec revision | Status | Last checked | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCP 2026-07-28 | Supported | Source |
How widely adopted is Azure MCP Server?
Ranked #13 in The MCP 500 with Adoption Index 84.14 (snapshot , methodology v1).
| Measurement | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | yes | API · |
| npm downloads (weekly) | 116,181 | API · |
How was this verified, and what are the sources?
Verified · method: vendor-changelog
· confidence 0.95 (High).
- microsoft/mcp CHANGELOG.md for Azure.Mcp.Server, section "3.0.0-beta.29 (2026-07-23)" - states "Migrated Azure MCP Server to the MCP 2026-07-28 stateless protocol (SDK 2.0.0-preview.1). HTTP clients using the new protocol must now include Mcp-Method and Mcp-Name routing headers on every POST request. Clients on the previous 2025-11-25 protocol are unaffected"; the 2026-07-28 string appears only in this sentence and as the beta.30 section date - accessed
- microsoft/mcp releases list - newest Azure.Mcp.Server release is 3.0.0-beta.32 (2026-08-05); newest non-prerelease version is 2.0.5; no stable 3.0.0 tag exists - accessed
- Azure.Mcp.Server 3.0.0-beta.31 release body - states "The current individual tool count is: 427" and lists NuGet Azure.Mcp, npm @azure/mcp and PyPI msmcp-azure distributions - accessed
- Azure MCP Server README, "Remote Setup" - documents self-hosting on Azure Container Apps only, with a survey link soliciting interest in managed remote hosting, so no vendor-hosted endpoint exists - accessed
- Official MCP Registry record com.microsoft/azure - latest registry version is 3.0.0-beta.6, listing NuGet Azure.Mcp, npm @azure/mcp and PyPI msmcp-azure packages and no remotes - accessed