Getting Started With Remote MCP Servers Using Azure Functions (Overview) MCP Server

Landing page for Remote MCP Server efforts in Azure Functions with links to all language stack specific repos.

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What is the Getting Started With Remote MCP Servers Using Azure Functions (Overview) MCP Server?

Landing page for Remote MCP Server efforts in Azure Functions with links to all language stack specific repos.

What it actually does

This document contains quickstart templates and additional resources to easily build and deploy a custom remote MCP server to the cloud using Azure functions. You can clone/restore/run on your local machine with debugging, and azd up to have it in the cloud in a couple minutes. The MCP server is secured by design using keys and HTTPs, and allows more options for OAuth using EasyAuth and/or API Management as well as network isolation using VNET.

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Example prompts to try

  • “Use Getting Started With Remote MCP Servers Using Azure Functions (Overview) to JavaScript.”
  • “Use Getting Started With Remote MCP Servers Using Azure Functions (Overview) to Java.”

Frequently asked questions

The quickstart templates are available for Python, TypeScript (Node.js), JavaScript, C# (.NET), and Java.