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Azure MCP Server

Work with Azure resources such as Storage, Cosmos DB, AKS and Monitor from Claude.

Officialby MicrosoftRuns on your computerChecked October 18, 2026

Microsoft's Azure MCP Server runs on your machine and gives Claude tools for more than 40 Azure services, using your own Entra ID sign-in and role-based access. It ships as npm, PyPI, NuGet and Docker packages and as one-click bundles for Claude Desktop, with a read-only mode for safe exploration.

Who it is for

  • Developers building on Azure
  • DevOps and platform engineers
  • Teams running Microsoft Foundry AI projects

Prompts to try

Once it is connected, ask in plain words. Claude decides when to use the server and asks before it changes anything important.

Prompt 1
List all storage accounts in my subscription and the resource group each one belongs to.
Prompt 2
Query my Log Analytics workspace for failed requests to the api app in the last hour.
Prompt 3
What are my top five Azure Advisor recommendations, and how do I fix the first one?

How to connect it

In Claude Code

  1. claude mcp add --transport stdio azure -- npx -y @azure/mcp@latest server start

In the Claude desktop app

One-click .mcpb bundle: download Azure.Mcp.Server for your system from the microsoft/mcp GitHub releases and drag it into Claude Desktop

Good to know

Sign in first with az login; add --read-only to the start command to block changes.

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How we checked it

Checked the microsoft/mcp repo (MIT, Azure.Mcp.Server 3.0.0 released 2026-10-12, last commit 2026-10-16), Microsoft Learn's overview, the npm package @azure/mcp and the registry entry com.microsoft/azure.

Source: github.com/microsoft/mcp/tree/main/servers/Azure.Mcp.Server

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