Visual Studio now speaks MCP. In this fast-paced session you’ll learn how the IDE’s new Model Context Protocol tooling turns agent-ready APIs into a first-class experience

The Model Context Protocol now fully embraces OAuth 2.1 conventions, bringing mature authorization patterns to AI agent ecosystems. Rather than inventing new auth mechanisms, MCP adopted proven OAuth flows, dynamic client registration, as well as the brand-new Protected Resource Metadata conventions. This session explores how the new spec significantly simplifies the developer experience for both MCP client and server implementers, as well as gives developers more flexibility around integration with existing authorization servers.

What if every website could talk back—understanding a visitor’s plain-English question and answering with the exact insight (or next action) they need? In this fireside conversation, Ramanathan Guha— web-standards pioneer (RSS, Schema.org) and the creator of NLWeb—joins core engineers from the project to explain how Microsoft’s new open initiative is turning that vision into reality and how MCP falls into the big picture.