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Azure MCP Server

Azure MCP Server is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. All Azure MCP tools to create a seamless connection between AI agents and Azure services. It has 3,804 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @azure/mcp.

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Install Azure MCP Server

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@azure/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio azure-mcp-server -- npx -y @azure/mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@azure/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "azure-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@azure/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Azure MCP Server

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.

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How do I install the Azure MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @azure/mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Azure MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Azure MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 23, 2026. The latest release is Azure.Mcp.Server-4.0.0-beta.3, published Oct 23, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.