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Template MCP server example from Microsoft.

What is the Template MCP Server MCP server?

The Template MCP Server is a reference implementation example from Microsoft's MCP repository. It demonstrates the Model Context Protocol specification and serves as a foundation for building MCP servers across multiple platforms and languages.

This is a template/example MCP server provided by Microsoft to illustrate how to build MCP servers. It is available in multiple installation formats (NuGet, npm, PyPI, and platform-specific binaries) and serves as a reference for developers creating their own MCP server implementations.

How to install Template MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "template-server-name": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@azure/mcp-template",
        "server",
        "start"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Use cases

Reference implementation for building custom MCP servers
Learning the MCP specification and architecture
Testing MCP client-server connections
Prototyping MCP server functionality across different platforms

Template MCP Server MCP server FAQ

What is the Template MCP Server?

It is a reference example MCP server from Microsoft demonstrating how to implement the Model Context Protocol specification. It shows best practices for building MCP servers that can connect AI applications to various data sources and tools.

Is this server free to use?

Yes, the Template MCP Server is open source and available from Microsoft's MCP repository on GitHub.

How do I install the Template MCP Server?

You can install it via NuGet (Microsoft.Template.Mcp), npm (@azure/mcp-template), PyPI (msmcp-template), or download pre-built binaries (mcpb) for Windows, Linux, and macOS from the GitHub releases page.

Does this server require authentication?

The README does not specify authentication requirements for this template server.

What platforms does it support?

The Template MCP Server is available for Windows (x64, ARM64), Linux (x64, ARM64), and macOS (x64, ARM64) as pre-built binaries, plus cross-platform support via NuGet, npm, and PyPI.

Is this suitable for production use?

This is a template/example server intended for reference and learning purposes. It demonstrates MCP concepts but is not designed as a production-ready service.

README (reference)

Source of truth, from the repository.

🌟 Microsoft MCP Servers

📘 What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol that standardizes how applications provide context to large language models (LLMs). It allows AI applications to connect with various data sources and tools in a consistent manner, enhancing their capabilities and flexibility. MCP follows a client-server architecture:

MCP Hosts: Applications like AI assistants or IDEs that initiate connections.
MCP Clients: Connectors within the host application that maintain 1:1 connections with servers.
MCP Servers: Services that provide context and capabilities through the standardized MCP.

For more details, visit the official MCP website.

📁 Which MCP Servers are built from this repository?

This repository contains core libraries, test frameworks, engineering systems, pipelines, and tooling for Microsoft MCP Server contributors to unify engineering investments; and reduce duplication and divergence:

MCP Server	README	Source Code	CHANGELOG	Releases	Documentation	Troubleshooting	Support
Azure MCP	Azure MCP README	Azure MCP Source Code	Azure MCP CHANGELOG	Azure MCP Releases	Azure MCP Documentation	Azure MCP Troubleshooting	Azure MCP Support
Microsoft Fabric MCP	Fabric MCP README	Fabric MCP Source Code	Fabric MCP CHANGELOG	Fabric MCP Releases	Fabric Documentation	Fabric MCP Troubleshooting	Fabric MCP Support

📚 Which MCP Servers are available from Microsoft?

<img height="18" width="18" src="https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/acom_social_icon_azure" alt="Microsoft Azure Logo" /> Azure

REPOSITORY: microsoft/mcp
DESCRIPTION: 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.
CATEGORY: CLOUD AND INFRASTRUCTURE
TYPE: Local
INSTALL:

✨ Microsoft Foundry

DOCUMENTATION: Get started with Foundry MCP Server
DESCRIPTION: A Model Context Protocol server for Microsoft Foundry, providing a unified set of tools for models, knowledge, evaluation, and more.
CATEGORY: CLOUD AND INFRASTRUCTURE
TYPE: REMOTE - https://mcp.ai.azure.com
INSTALL:

<img height="18" width="18" src="https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/acom_social_icon_azure" alt="Microsoft Azure Logo" /> Azure Resource Manager

REPOSITORY: Azure/Azure-Resource-Manager-MCP
DESCRIPTION: A Model Context Protocol server with tools to use Azure Resource Graph to retrieve and filter information about Azure resources in a customer's subscription, and tools to manage ARM template deployments.
CATEGORY: CLOUD AND INFRASTRUCTURE
TYPE: REMOTE - https://mcp.management.azure.com
INSTALL:

<img height="18" width="18" src="https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/1062064-Products-1.2-24x24" alt="Microsoft Azure DevOps Logo" /> Azure DevOps

REPOSITORY: Azure DevOps MCP Server
DESCRIPTION: This TypeScript project provides a local MCP server for Azure DevOps, enabling you to perform a wide range of Azure DevOps tasks directly from your code editor.
CATEGORY: DEVELOPER TOOLS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL:

☸️ Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

REPOSITORY: Azure/aks-mcp
DESCRIPTION: An MCP server that enables AI assistants to interact with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters. It serves as a bridge between AI tools and AKS, translating natural language requests into AKS operations and returning the results in a format the AI tools can understand.
CATEGORY: CLOUD AND INFRASTRUCTURE
TYPE: Local
INSTALL:

💻 Binlog MCP Server

REPOSITORY: dotnet/skills
DESCRIPTION: A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for analyzing MSBuild binary logs (.binlog files). Exposes structured access to build errors, warnings, targets, tasks, and properties so AI agents can triage CI failures and answer build-diagnostic questions.
CATEGORY: DEVELOPER TOOLS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL: .NET global tool from NuGet.org — dotnet tool install --global Microsoft.AITools.BinlogMcp

<img height="18" width="18" src="https://github.githubassets.com/assets/GitHub-Mark-ea2971cee799.png" alt="GitHub Logo" /> GitHub

REPOSITORY: github/github-mcp-server
DESCRIPTION: Access GitHub repositories, issues, and pull requests through secure API integration.
CATEGORY: DEVELOPER TOOLS
TYPE: REMOTE - https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp
INSTALL:

<img height="18" width="18" src="https://github.githubassets.com/assets/GitHub-Mark-ea2971cee799.png" alt="GitHub Logo" /> GitHub Awesome-Copilot

REPOSITORY: github/awesome-copilot
DESCRIPTION: Community-contributed instructions, prompts, and configurations to help you make the most of GitHub Copilot.
CATEGORY: DEVELOPER TOOLS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL:

📝 Markitdown

REPOSITORY: microsoft/markitdown
DESCRIPTION: A specialized MCP server for Markdown processing and manipulation. Enables AI models to read, write, and transform Markdown content with robust parsing and formatting capabilities.
CATEGORY: DEVELOPER TOOLS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL:

💻 Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit

REPOSITORY: OfficeDev/microsoft-365-agents-toolkit
DESCRIPTION: The Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides a seamless connection between AI agents and developers for building apps and agents for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
CATEGORY: DEVELOPER TOOLS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL:

📅 Microsoft 365 Calendar

REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
DESCRIPTION: Calendar tools for creating, updating, deleting events, managing invites, and checking availability. Integrates with Microsoft Graph Calendar APIs.
CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_CalendarTools
INSTALL:

💬 Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
DESCRIPTION: Search across M365 content including documents, emails, sites, files, and chats. Provides tools for starting and maintaining rich chat conversations against Microsoft Graph.
CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_M365Copilot
INSTALL:

📧 Microsoft 365 Mail

REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
DESCRIPTION: Email tools for creating, sending, replying, updating, deleting, and searching messages. Integrates with Microsoft Graph Mail APIs.
CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_MailTools
INSTALL:

👤 Microsoft 365 User

REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
DESCRIPTION: Tools for retrieving user details, manager, team, or direct reports from Microsoft Graph. Serves as the agent's self-knowledge and organizational awareness layer.
CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_MeServer
INSTALL:

⚙️ Microsoft Admin Center

REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
DESCRIPTION: MCP Server containing tools relating to Microsoft Admin Center. Integrates with Microsoft Admin Center APIs to provide admin action capabilities.
CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_AdminTools
INSTALL:

📊 Microsoft Clarity

REPOSITORY: microsoft/clarity-mcp-server
DESCRIPTION: This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Microsoft Clarity data export API. It allows you to fetch analytics data from Clarity using Claude for Desktop or other MCP-compatible clients.
CATEGORY: DATA AND ANALYTICS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL: microsoft/clarity-mcp-server

🗃️ Microsoft Dataverse

REPOSITORY: Microsoft Dataverse
DESCRIPTION: Chat over your business data using NL - Discover tables, run queries, retrieve data, insert or update records, and execute custom prompts grounded in business knowledge and context.
CATEGORY: DATA AND ANALYTICS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL: Microsoft Dataverse

💻 Microsoft Dev Box

REPOSITORY: @microsoft/devbox-mcp
DESCRIPTION: An MCP server for Microsoft Dev Box. Enables natural language interactions for developer-focused operations like managing Dev Boxes, configuring environments, and handling pools.
CATEGORY: DEVELOPER TOOLS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL:

<img height="18" width="18" src="https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/media/fabric-icon.png" alt="Microsoft Fabric Logo" /> Microsoft Fabric (Public Preview)

REPOSITORY: microsoft/mcp
DESCRIPTION: A local-first MCP server providing AI agents with comprehensive access to Microsoft Fabric's public APIs, item definitions, and best practices. Enables AI-assisted development for all Fabric workloads without connecting to live environments.
CATEGORY: DATA AND ANALYTICS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL: microsoft/mcp

🛢️ Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence

REPOSITORY: RTI MCP Server
DESCRIPTION: This server enables AI agents to interact with Fabric RTI services by providing tools through the MCP interface, allowing for seamless data querying and analysis capabilities.
CATEGORY: DATA AND ANALYTICS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL:

📚 Microsoft Learn

REPOSITORY: microsoftdocs/mcp
DESCRIPTION: AI assistant with real-time access to official Microsoft documentation.
CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp
INSTALL:

🔐 Microsoft MCP Server for Enterprise

DOCUMENTATION: Overview of Microsoft MCP Server for Enterprise
REPOSITORY: microsoft/EnterpriseMCP
DESCRIPTION: Access Microsoft Entra data by converting natural-language queries into Microsoft Graph API calls. Supports read-only enterprise IT scenarios including security posture, privileged access, application risk, access governance, device readiness, and audit telemetry.
CATEGORY: SECURITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://mcp.svc.cloud.microsoft/enterprise
INSTALL:

🛡️ Microsoft Sentinel Data Exploration

DOCUMENTATION: Explore Microsoft Sentinel data lake with data exploration collection
DESCRIPTION: The data exploration tool collection in the Microsoft Sentinel Model Context Protocol (MCP) server lets you search for relevant tables and retrieve data from Microsoft Sentinel's data lake using natural language. Learn more: aka.ms/mcp/data-exploration.
CATEGORY: SECURITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://sentinel.microsoft.com/mcp/data-exploration
INSTALL:

🛢️ Microsoft SQL

REPOSITORY: MSSQL MCP Server
DESCRIPTION: Chat with your business data the new agentic way using natural language and AI. Connect to any SQL database—from ground (on-premises) to Azure cloud to Microsoft Fabric via a simple connection string. Discover and define table schemas, manage tables, and perform CRUD operations through conversational prompts.
CATEGORY: DEVELOPER TOOLS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL: MSSQL MCP Server

💬 Microsoft Teams

REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
DESCRIPTION: Manage Microsoft Teams chats, channels, users, and messages via Graph API. Features server-side filtering, pagination, and token optimization.
CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_TeamsServer
INSTALL:

📄 Microsoft Word

REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
DESCRIPTION: MCP Server containing tools to work with Microsoft Word documents. Enables reading and understanding documents, creating new ones, and collaborating through comments.
CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_WordServer
INSTALL:

💻 NuGet MCP Server

REPOSITORY: NuGet/Home
DESCRIPTION: This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for NuGet, enabling advanced tooling and automation scenarios for NuGet package management.
CATEGORY: DEVELOPER TOOLS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL: Nuget MCP Server

📁 OneDrive and SharePoint

REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
DESCRIPTION: OneDrive and SharePoint Remote MCP Server. All tools supporting OneDrive and SharePoint files integration exposed by the ODSP MCP endpoint are automatically discovered and made available.
CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_ODSPRemoteServer
INSTALL:

📋 SharePoint Lists

REPOSITORY: bap-microsoft/MCP-Platform
DESCRIPTION: MCP server providing Microsoft Graph SharePoint tools for Lists. Includes site management, document libraries, lists, and collaboration features.
CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY
TYPE: REMOTE - https://agent365.svc.cloud.microsoft/agents/tenants/{tenant_id}/servers/mcp_SharePointListsTools
INSTALL:

🎭 Playwright

REPOSITORY: microsoft/playwright-mcp
DESCRIPTION: This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots, bypassing the need for screenshots or visually-tuned models.
CATEGORY: DEVELOPER TOOLS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL:

🧩 Wassette

REPOSITORY: microsoft/wassette
DESCRIPTION: Wassette: A security-oriented runtime that runs WebAssembly Components via MCP.
CATEGORY: DEVELOPER TOOLS
TYPE: Local
INSTALL: microsoft/wassette

🔌 Azure Plugin

Get started with the Azure plugin, which connects GitHub Copilot CLI or Claude Code to your Azure account. This integration lets you manage resources, deploy applications, and monitor services directly from your development environment using tools from the Azure MCP server and extended Azure knowledge skills.

To install the Azure plugin into Copilot CLI and Claude Code:

Add the marketplace with /plugin marketplace add microsoft/skills
Install the plugin with /plugin install azure-skills@skills
Update the plugin with /plugin update azure-skills@skills

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