6 articles in category "MCP"
March 10, 2026 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Tools, MCP
We have spent the last two articles consuming MCP servers from a MAF agent. This one flips the picture: how to publish a MAF agent as an MCP server so that other agents and applications, in any framework, can call it as a tool.
March 9, 2026 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Tools, MCP, Foundry
Foundry can host the MCP connection on the agent's behalf. This article looks at how a hosted MCP tool differs from the local MCP setup we built last time, where authentication moves, and how to wire one up via FoundryChatClient.get_mcp_tool.
March 8, 2026 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Tools, MCP
Function tools cover code you write yourself. MCP servers cover tools that other people write. This article looks at how to connect a Microsoft Agent Framework agent to a local MCP server, what the agent actually sees when you do, and how MCP tools coexist with the function tools we have already used.
February 6, 2026 • Skills, MCP
Agent Skills and MCP are a hot topic. Understanding these standards genuinely overlap, where they serve fundamentally different purposes, and where each falls short, is essential for anyone building agent-powered systems.
February 25, 2025 • mcp, agents, python, azure
Extend knowledge of creating MCP servers to achieve more practical applications
February 1, 2025 • mcp, agents, python
![Agent skills vs Model Context Protocol - [How] do you choose?](/images/agent-mcp.png)
