Microsoft Learn MCP
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.
“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.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
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"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"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"microsoft-learn": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@microsoft/mcp"
]
}
}
}
5 SELECTED TOOLS
OUR ASSESSMENT
MicrosoftDocs/mcp is the official Microsoft Learn MCP. Tool surface covers Learn search, document retrieval, category listing, quickstart access, and API reference search. Differentiates from Context7 (multi-vendor docs) by being the authoritative source for Microsoft-stack content (Azure, M365, .NET, Power Platform).
- 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.
- 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.
No authentication. Documentation is public. CC-BY-4.0 attribution required when redistributing retrieved content.
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
RECORDED ADOPTION METRICS
Saved directory snapshots. Record last checked MAY 9, 2026. The review date above does not refresh these figures.
// Recorded note1,614 stars on MicrosoftDocs/mcp. 4 commits on main in the last 30 days. CC-BY-4.0 content license.
// Recorded notePairs with Brave Search, Exa, Tavily, Perplexity, SerpApi, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia, Agent-Reach, arXiv in search. Microsoft Learn MCP owns the official Microsoft documentation slot.
SOURCES & RECORDED CHECKS
These are the directory listings and check details held in this record. Client compatibility, directory listings and installation testing are separate signals. Recorded client names describe the scope of a check; they do not establish a security assessment or a recurring test schedule.
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.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4.4editorial | 1,614 | — | MAY 9, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 9, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 9, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 9, 2026 |
| Smithery | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 9, 2026 |
| Official MCP Registry | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 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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