About this episode
This episode discusses how to host secure and scalable remote MCP servers on Azure Functions.
Learn how to host secure and scalable remote MCP servers on Azure Functions! Hosting MCP servers remotely allows others to access tools in your servers, not just agents running on your local machine. Azure Functions provides remote hosting for two flavors of MCP servers - those built with the Functions MCP extension or with the official MCP SDKs. In this week's Azure Friday, Lily talks about how to host the SDK flavor with Scott. Check it out if you're looking to build or have already built some servers with these SDKs and are looking for a place to remotely host them! Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 02:51 - Server project walk through 06:12 - Server deployment 07:01 - Test server in Copilot 13:56 - Questions from Scott 16:44 - Sample links and wrap up Recommended resources Learn Docs Azure Product page Azure free trial Connect Scott Hanselman | @SHanselman Azure Friday | Twitter/X: @AzureFriday Azure | Twitter/X: @Azure
People in this episode
Host: Scott Hanselman
Guest: Lily
Topics covered
- remote hosting
- MCP servers
- Azure Functions
- SDK
- scalability
- security
Keywords
- MCP servers
- Azure Functions
- remote hosting
- SDK
- scalable
- secure
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Azure Functions, MCP, Azure
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