MCP

Focuses on security in MCP. Observes MCP’s expanded attack surface and need for robust auth. Describes updated MCP spec with OAuth 2.1 flows, OAuth resource server classification for MCP, dynamic client registration, PKCE enforcement, resource indicators, and JSON-RPC batching. Shows a proof-of-concept integration of MCP with Entra ID for token verification in FastMCP ...

TLDR: Explains the Model Context Protocol (MCP): its architecture, core components (Host App, MCP Client/Server, tools/resources), and JSON-RPC flow. Provides a proof of concept building an MCP server (Python + FastMCP) to fetch Azure inventory/recommendations, including example code and VS Code integration. Concludes MCP standardizes tool invocation but isn’t transformative yet and outlines next topics in series ...