🌟 Microsoft Learn MCP Server

The Microsoft Learn MCP Server is a cloud-hosted service that enables clients like GitHub Copilot and other AI agents to bring trusted and up-to-date information directly from Microsoft's official documentation. It is a remote MCP Server using streamable http, which is lightweight for clients to use.

Please note that this project is in Public Preview and implementation may significantly change prior to our General Availability.

📑 Table of contents

1. 🎯 Overview
2. 🌐 The Microsoft Learn MCP Server Endpoint
3. 🛠️ Currently Supported Tools
4. 🔌 Installation & Getting Started
5. ❓ Troubleshooting
6. 🔮 Future Enhancements
7. 📚 Additional Resources

🎯 Overview

✨ Example Prompts: Your Source of Truth

Your AI assistant should automatically use this tool for Microsoft-related topics. To ensure that it always consults the official documentation, you can add a phrase like:

Generate Azure CLI Commands

"Give me the Azure CLI commands to create an Azure Container App with a managed identity. search Microsoft docs"

Get Correct .NET Code

"Are you sure this is the right way to implement IHttpClientFactory in a .NET 8 minimal API? search Microsoft docs"

Factual Q&A

"Is gpt-4.1-mini available in EU regions? search Microsoft docs"

📊 Key Capabilities

• High-Quality Content Retrieval: Search and retrieve relevant content from Microsoft Learn, Azure documentation, Microsoft 365 documentation, and other official Microsoft sources.
• Semantic Understanding: Uses advanced vector search to find the most contextually relevant documentation for any query.
• Optimized Chunking: Returns up to 10 high-quality content chunks (each max 500 tokens), with article titles, URLs, and self-contained content excerpts.
• Real-time Updates: Access the latest Microsoft documentation as it's published.

🌐 The Microsoft Learn MCP Server Endpoint

The Microsoft Learn MCP Server is accessible to any IDE, agent, or tool that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Any compatible client can connect to the following remote MCP endpoint:

https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp

Note: This endpoint is designed for programmatic access by MCP clients via Streamable HTTP. It does not support direct access from a web browser and may return a 405 Method Not Allowed error if accessed manually.

Example JSON configuration:

{
  "microsoft.docs.mcp": {
    "type": "http",
    "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp"
  }
}

🛠️ Currently Supported Tools

🔌 Installation & Getting Started

The Microsoft Learn MCP Server supports quick installation across multiple development environments. Choose your preferred client below for streamlined setup:

Client	One-click Installation	MCP Guide
VS Code		VS Code MCP Official Guide
Claude Desktop	View Instructions 1. Open Claude Desktop 2. Go to Settings → Integrations 3. Click Add Integration 4. Enter URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp 5. Click Connect	Claude Desktop Remote MCP Guide
Visual Studio	Manual configuration required Use "type": "http"	Visual Studio MCP Official Guide
Cursor IDE		Cursor MCP Official Guide
Roo Code	Manual configuration required Use "type": "streamable-http"	Roo Code MCP Official Guide
Cline	Manual configuration required Use "type": "streamableHttp"	Cline MCP Official Guide
GitHub	Manual configuration required View Config Note: Navigate to Settings → Coding agent { "mslearn": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "mcp-remote", "https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp" ], "tools":["*"] } }

Alternative Installation (for legacy clients or local configuration)

For clients that don't support native remote MCP servers or if you prefer local configuration, you can use mcp-remote as a proxy:

{
  "microsoft.docs.mcp": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "-y",
      "mcp-remote",
      "https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp"
    ]
  }
}

{
  "microsoft.docs.mcp": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "-y",
      "mcp-remote",
      "https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp"
    ]
  }
}

{
  "microsoft.docs.mcp": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "-y",
      "mcp-remote",
      "https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp"
    ]
  }
}

▶️ Getting Started

1. For VS Code: Open GitHub Copilot in VS Code and switch to Agent mode
2. For Claude Desktop: After adding the integration, you'll see the MCP tools icon in the chat interface
3. You should see the Learn MCP Server in the list of available tools
4. Try a prompt that tells the agent to use the MCP Server, such as "what are the az cli commands to create an Azure container app according to official Microsoft Learn documentation?"
5. The agent should be able to use the MCP Server tools to complete your query

❓ Troubleshooting

💻 System Prompt

Even tool-friendly models like Claude Sonnet 4 sometimes fail to call MCP tools by default; use system prompts to encourage usage.

Here's an example of a Cursor rule (a system prompt) that will cause the LLM to utilize microsoft.docs.mcp more frequently:

## Querying Microsoft Documentation

You have access to an MCP server called `microsoft.docs.mcp` - this tool allows you to search through Microsoft's latest official documentation, and that information might be more detailed or newer than what's in your training data set.

When handling questions around how to work with native Microsoft technologies, such as C#, F#, ASP.NET Core, Microsoft.Extensions, NuGet, Entity Framework, the `dotnet` runtime - please use this tool for research purposes when dealing with specific / narrowly defined questions that may occur.

⚠️ Common Issues

🆘 Getting Support

• Ask questions, share ideas
• Create an issue

🔮 Future Enhancements

The Microsoft Learn MCP Server team is working on several enhancements:

• Expanding coverage to additional Microsoft documentation sources
• Improved query understanding for more precise results

📚 Additional Resources

• Microsoft Learn MCP Server product documentation
• Microsoft MCP Servers
• Microsoft Learn
• Model Context Protocol Specification