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Microsoft Learn MCP Server overview

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The Microsoft Learn MCP Server 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 that uses streamable http. It allows to search through documentation, fetch a complete article, and search through code samples.

Use cases

• Enhance agentic IDEs like VS Code, Visual Studio, and others with Learn content
• Leverage Learn content in Copilot Studio agents, Foundry agents, and custom solutions
• Enable learners, engineers, and support to use Learn content in their flow of work

How the Learn MCP Server works

Learn MCP Server is a remote MCP server that uses streamable http. Compatible client apps like GitHub Copilot can connect with the 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.

The MCP server provides an interface to the Learn knowledge service, that powers Ask Learn and Copilot for Azure. Developer options are listed in the Microsoft Learn MCP Server developer documentation. We also have release notes to see what the latest updates are, and best practices information. If you are interested in using it, check out the Get Started in VS Code article and the Get Started in Foundry article.

Requirements

When you use the Learn MCP Server, you agree with Microsoft Learn and Microsoft API Terms of Use.

There's no authentication required to access the Microsoft Learn MCP Server. Users can use their preferred MCP client or agentic development environment, such as VS Code, Visual Studio, MCP inspector, etc.

Availability and pricing

The Microsoft Learn MCP Server is publicly available and offered under the term of the Microsoft APIs Terms of Use. There's no charge to use the MCP server.

Limitations

• The MCP server contains publicly available documentation. It doesn't contain content from training modules, learning paths, instructor-led courses, and exams at this time, which is available through the Learn Catalog API.
• The underlying knowledge service refreshes incrementally after content updates and completely once a day.
• Updates to the MCP server will be communicated via updates to the Learn MCP Server Release Notes.

Next steps

You can learn more about the Learn MCP Server by visiting the following links:

• Get started in VS Code or in Foundry
• Learn MCP Server repository for comments and questions.

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• Last updated on 2026-01-29