Azure

Azure is Microsoft’s cloud platform. The Azure MCP server lets you inspect and manage your Azure resources through the Azure Resource Manager API using natural language.

What Can It Do?

Explore subscriptions and resources across regions and resource groups
Manage compute including virtual machines, disks, snapshots, and AKS clusters
Work with storage accounts, blob containers, and file shares
Inspect databases such as Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cosmos DB, and Redis
Operate App Service, Container Apps, and registries
Query monitoring data including metrics, activity logs, alerts, and Advisor recommendations
Review security and governance with Key Vaults, RBAC role assignments, and Azure Policy

Where to Use It

In Agents (Recommended)

Add Azure as a tool to any agent. The agent can then inspect and manage your cloud resources conversationally, choosing the right actions based on context.

To add an MCP tool to your agent:

Open your agent’s configuration
Click Add tools → Connect an app with MCP
Search for the integration and select it
Authenticate with your account

You can control which tools your agent has access to. After adding an integration, click on it to enable or disable specific tools based on what your agent needs.

The Azure account you connect must have at least Reader access to the subscriptions you want to work with, and write permissions for any tool that creates, deletes, or changes power state.

In Workflows (Via Agent Node)

For automated pipelines, use an Agent Node with Azure tools. This gives you the flexibility of an agent within a deterministic workflow.

As a Custom MCP Node

You can also create a standalone MCP node for a specific action. This generates a reusable node that performs one task, useful when you need the same operation repeatedly in workflows.

To create a custom MCP node:

Go to your node library and search for the integration
Click Create a node with AI
Describe the specific action you want (e.g., “List all running virtual machines”)
Test the node and save it for reuse

Custom MCP nodes are single-purpose by design. For tasks that require multiple steps or dynamic decision-making, use an agent instead.

Available Tools

Subscription and Resource Tools

Tool	Description
List Subscriptions	List subscriptions the authenticated user has access to
List Resource Groups	List resource groups in a subscription
Get Resource Group	Get details of a resource group
Create Resource Group	Create or update a resource group
Delete Resource Group	Delete a resource group and all resources inside it
List Resources	List resources in a subscription or resource group
List Locations	List regions available to a subscription
List Deployments	List ARM template deployments in a resource group
Get Deployment	Get details of an ARM template deployment

Compute Tools

Tool	Description
List Virtual Machines	List virtual machines in a subscription or resource group
Get Virtual Machine	Get a VM’s configuration and optional runtime status
Start Virtual Machine	Start a stopped or deallocated VM
Restart Virtual Machine	Restart a running VM
Deallocate Virtual Machine	Stop a VM and release its compute resources so compute billing stops
Power Off Virtual Machine	Power off a VM while keeping it allocated and billed
List VM Sizes	List VM sizes available in a region
List AKS Clusters	List AKS managed clusters in a subscription or resource group
Get AKS Cluster	Get details of an AKS managed cluster
List Disks	List managed disks in a subscription or resource group
List Snapshots	List disk snapshots in a subscription or resource group
Create Snapshot	Create a snapshot from a managed disk

Storage Tools

Tool	Description
List Storage Accounts	List storage accounts in a subscription or resource group
Get Storage Account	Get properties of a storage account
Create Storage Account	Create or update a storage account
List Blob Containers	List blob containers in a storage account
Create Blob Container	Create a blob container in a storage account
Delete Blob Container	Delete a blob container from a storage account
List File Shares	List file shares in a storage account

Database Tools

Tool	Description
List SQL Servers	List Azure SQL servers in a subscription or resource group
List SQL Databases	List databases on an Azure SQL server
Get SQL Database	Get details of an Azure SQL database
Create SQL Database	Create a database on an Azure SQL server
Delete SQL Database	Delete a database from an Azure SQL server
List SQL Elastic Pools	List elastic pools on an Azure SQL server
List SQL Firewall Rules	List firewall rules on an Azure SQL server
Create SQL Firewall Rule	Create or update a firewall rule on an Azure SQL server
List PostgreSQL Servers	List PostgreSQL flexible servers in a subscription or resource group
List PostgreSQL Databases	List databases on a PostgreSQL flexible server
List MySQL Servers	List MySQL flexible servers in a subscription or resource group
List MySQL Databases	List databases on a MySQL flexible server
List Cosmos DB Accounts	List Cosmos DB accounts in a subscription or resource group
List Cosmos DB SQL Databases	List SQL API databases in a Cosmos DB account
List Cosmos DB SQL Containers	List containers in a Cosmos DB SQL API database
List Redis Caches	List Azure Cache for Redis instances in a subscription or resource group

App Service and Container Tools

Tool	Description
List Web Apps	List App Service apps in a subscription or resource group (function apps appear with kind `functionapp`)
Get Web App	Get details of an App Service app
Start Web App	Start an App Service app
Stop Web App	Stop an App Service app
Restart Web App	Restart an App Service app
List App Service Plans	List App Service plans in a subscription or resource group
List Container Apps	List Container Apps in a subscription or resource group
List Container Registries	List Container Registries in a subscription or resource group

Monitoring Tools

Tool	Description
Query Metrics	Query Azure Monitor metric values for a resource
List Metric Definitions	List metric definitions available for a resource
List Activity Logs	List Activity Log events in a subscription
List Alerts	List Azure Monitor alerts in a subscription
List Advisor Recommendations	List Azure Advisor recommendations in a subscription
List Resource Health	List resource health availability statuses in a subscription
List App Insights Components	List Application Insights components in a subscription
List Log Analytics Workspaces	List Log Analytics workspaces in a subscription or resource group
List Log Analytics Tables	List tables in a Log Analytics workspace

Security and Governance Tools

Tool	Description
List Key Vaults	List Key Vaults in a subscription or resource group
Get Key Vault	Get details of a Key Vault
Create Key Vault	Create or update a Key Vault
List Role Assignments	List RBAC role assignments in a subscription
List Role Definitions	List RBAC role definitions available in a subscription
Create Role Assignment	Assign an RBAC role to a principal at a given scope
List Policy Assignments	List Azure Policy assignments in a subscription
List Policy Definitions	List Azure Policy definitions available in a subscription
List Policy Exemptions	List Azure Policy exemptions in a subscription
List Compute Usage	List compute quota limits and current usage in a region
List Retail Prices	List Azure retail prices for services and SKUs

Messaging Tools

Tool	Description
List Service Bus Namespaces	List Service Bus namespaces in a subscription or resource group
List Service Bus Queues	List queues in a Service Bus namespace
List Service Bus Topics	List topics in a Service Bus namespace
List Service Bus Subscriptions	List subscriptions on a Service Bus topic
List Event Hub Namespaces	List Event Hubs namespaces in a subscription or resource group
List Event Hubs	List event hubs in an Event Hubs namespace
List Event Grid Topics	List Event Grid topics in a subscription or resource group
List Event Grid Subscriptions	List Event Grid event subscriptions for a topic or subscription

Platform Service Tools

Tool	Description
List Recovery Services Vaults	List Recovery Services vaults in a subscription or resource group
List Backup Items	List backup protected items in a Recovery Services vault
List Backup Jobs	List backup jobs in a Recovery Services vault
List IoT Hubs	List IoT hubs in a subscription or resource group
List SignalR Services	List SignalR services in a subscription or resource group
List App Configuration Stores	List App Configuration stores in a subscription or resource group
List Grafana Workspaces	List Managed Grafana workspaces in a subscription or resource group
List Load Testing Resources	List Load Testing resources in a subscription or resource group
List Workbooks	List Azure Monitor workbooks in a subscription or resource group

Example Prompts

Use these with your agent or in the Agent Node: Audit resources:

List all resource groups in my production subscription and what's running in each

Check virtual machines:

Which virtual machines in the app-prod resource group are currently running?

Save on costs:

Deallocate the staging-vm virtual machine and show me the Advisor cost recommendations

Investigate an incident:

Show CPU metrics for app-prod-vm over the last 6 hours and any active alerts

Review access:

List the role assignments in my production subscription

Provision storage:

Create a storage account called datalakeprod in eastus with a blob container named raw

Troubleshooting

Issue	Solution
Empty subscription list	The connected account needs at least Reader access to a subscription
Authorization errors on writes	Creating, deleting, or restarting resources requires Contributor-level permissions at that scope
Agent not finding a resource	Give the subscription ID and resource group name so the agent can scope the lookup
Unexpected results	The agent may chain multiple tools (e.g., listing subscriptions first, then resource groups). Review the agent’s reasoning to understand its approach.
Tool not available	Verify the tool is enabled in your agent’s MCP configuration

Tools like Delete Resource Group, Delete SQL Database, and Deallocate Virtual Machine change live infrastructure. Use tool approvals to require a human check before destructive actions run.

Need Help?

Agents documentation for setup and best practices
Agent Node guide for workflow integration
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Use this integration directly in Claude or Cursor. Connect remotely via the Azure MCP server using credentials from your Connectors page.

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What Can It Do?

Where to Use It

In Agents (Recommended)

In Workflows (Via Agent Node)

As a Custom MCP Node

Available Tools

Subscription and Resource Tools

Compute Tools

Storage Tools

Database Tools

App Service and Container Tools

Monitoring Tools

Security and Governance Tools

Messaging Tools

Platform Service Tools

Example Prompts

Troubleshooting

Need Help?

​What Can It Do?

​Where to Use It

​In Agents (Recommended)

​In Workflows (Via Agent Node)

​As a Custom MCP Node

​Available Tools

​Subscription and Resource Tools

​Compute Tools

​Storage Tools

​Database Tools

​App Service and Container Tools

​Monitoring Tools

​Security and Governance Tools

​Messaging Tools

​Platform Service Tools

​Example Prompts

​Troubleshooting

​Need Help?

What Can It Do?

Where to Use It

In Agents (Recommended)

In Workflows (Via Agent Node)

As a Custom MCP Node

Available Tools

Subscription and Resource Tools

Compute Tools

Storage Tools

Database Tools

App Service and Container Tools

Monitoring Tools

Security and Governance Tools

Messaging Tools

Platform Service Tools

Example Prompts

Troubleshooting

Need Help?