Learn how to build an Azure AI Foundry Agent that leverages MCP. In this session we will be using the Foundry Agents Service to build a sales data analytics agent and unlock its capabilities with Model Context Protocol.

When two AI agents need to coordinate—share context, delegate subtasks, or merge results—the Model Context Protocol can act as their universal handshake. In this lightning session we’ll show how MCP’s schema, tool catalog, and registry let agents treat each other as remote servers, exchanging capabilities without bespoke glue code.

This session explores the evolving landscape of API Management with remote MCP servers. We'll detail the latest capabilities offered in API Management for exposing and managing these remote servers. Furthermore, discover how to construct your own MCP registry, enabling your developer or agents to leverage a centralized source for MCP server discovery. The session will highlight Azure API Center's role as a private MCP registry, covering its features and current offerings for comprehensive API governance and discovery in this new paradigm.

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is rapidly becoming the backbone for AI -based systems that need access to external data, but with great power comes great responsibility, especially when securing server implementations. In this conversation with Nate and Wils, founding engineers at Arcade.dev, we’ll explore advanced security patterns for MCP servers, from OAuth 2.1 flows and token validation to defending against confused deputy attacks, session hijacking, and token passthrough vulnerabilities. We’ll also highlight how all of this accrues to the emerging agentic space, where the interactions are no longer constrained to humans in the loop.

How do you let any MCP-aware agent tap into your platform? Build a remote server! In 30 minutes, Toby P. provides first-hand insights behind building GitHub’s remote MCP server. Then Joe Z. will follow up by building up a fresh remote server live, using the open-source MCP SDK. Walk away with a clear blueprint to launch your own remote MCP server before the day is done.

An in-depth look at the MCP C# SDK including demos of all the new features in the 2025-06-18 spec.

The best way to learn is to do! In this session we are going to use Agent mode to teach us the basics of MCP and implement a server in less than 30 minutes. Can we do it Lets see...