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Microsoft Learn MCP

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Official Microsoft Learn MCP Server and CLI tool. Powers LLMs and AI agents with up-to-date Microsoft Learn documentation. 1,614 GitHub stars and 4 commits on main in the last 30 days.

1,614·5 tools·Released SEP 2025·CC-BY-4.0
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Official Microsoft Learn MCP Server and CLI tool. Powers LLMs and AI agents with up-to-date Microsoft Learn documentation. 1,614 stars and 4 commits on main in the last 30 days.

Reviewed by M. Nouriel · MAY 2026

INSTALL THIS SERVER

{ "mcpServers": { "microsoft-learn": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@microsoft/mcp" ] } } }
PrereqNPM: `@microsoft/mcp`. No authentication required for public documentation. Path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS).
{ "mcpServers": { "microsoft-learn": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@microsoft/mcp" ] } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "microsoft-learn": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@microsoft/mcp" ] } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "microsoft-learn": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@microsoft/mcp" ] } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "microsoft-learn": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@microsoft/mcp" ] } } }

5 TOOLS AVAILABLE

search_learn
Search Microsoft Learn documentation
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get_doc
Retrieve a Microsoft Learn document by URL or ID
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list_categories
List Microsoft Learn categories (Azure, M365, .NET, etc.)
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OUR ASSESSMENT

Strengths
  • Microsoft official maintenance.
  • 1,614 GitHub stars.
  • 4 commits on main in the last 30 days.
  • CC-BY-4.0 content license; code under separate license file.
  • Authoritative source for Microsoft-stack documentation.
  • Always current versus LLM training cutoffs.
Weaknesses
  • CC-BY-4.0 covers content; redistribution requires attribution.
  • Scope limited to Microsoft Learn; non-Microsoft topics return empty.
  • Search results follow Microsoft Learn relevance; not tunable per agent.
Security Notes

No authentication. Documentation is public. CC-BY-4.0 attribution required when redistributing retrieved content.

Best For

Microsoft-stack development where the agent needs current Azure/M365/.NET docs; certification prep flows where the agent retrieves Learn modules; troubleshooting Microsoft products with up-to-date guidance versus stale training data.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Language
typescript
Transport
stdio
Clients
Claude DesktopClaude CodeCursorVS CodeWindsurf
License
CC-BY-4.0
GitHub
MicrosoftDocs/mcp · ★ 1,614
npm
@microsoft/mcp
Last Release
@microsoft/mcp (npm latest)MAY 9, 2026
First Released
SEP 1, 2025

ADOPTION METRICS

// GitHub Stars
1,614

// Reading this1,614 stars on MicrosoftDocs/mcp. 4 commits on main in the last 30 days. CC-BY-4.0 content license.

// Popularity Rank
#4
Globally · #4 in Search

// Reading thisPairs with Brave Search, Exa, Tavily, Perplexity, SerpApi, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia, Agent-Reach, arXiv in search. Microsoft Learn MCP owns the official Microsoft documentation slot.

SOURCES & VERIFICATION

We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 5 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.

01
Discovered
Manual submission
First indexed MAY 9, 2026
02
Cross-referenced
5 directories
PulseMCP, MCP.so, Glama, Smithery, Official MCP Registry
03
Verified against
Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code
Installed and tested across clients
04
Last re-checked
MAY 9, 2026
Weekly re-verification
// How other directories see it

The same server, 5 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.

SourceTheir ratingTheir star countTheir downloadsLast synced
AutomationSwitch This page4.4editorial1,614MAY 9, 2026
PulseMCP— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 9, 2026
MCP.so— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 9, 2026
Glama— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 9, 2026
Smithery— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 9, 2026
Official MCP Registry— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 9, 2026

// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.

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