Content by Lily Ma (4)

Lily Ma explains how to extend Azure SRE Agent with operational tools by hosting Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers on Azure Connector Namespace. The post walks through deploying an Azure SQL MCP server with azd, wiring it into SRE Agent as an MCP connector, and securing access using managed identity.

Lily Ma explains why synchronous MCP tool calls break down for long-running work, and shows a practical Azure Functions + Durable Functions pattern you can use today while the MCP Tasks extension rolls out across clients and SDKs.

Lily Ma summarizes what has shipped in the Azure Functions MCP extension since preview, including resource and prompt triggers, MCP Apps for interactive UI, built-in MCP authentication with Microsoft Entra ID, and new .NET fluent configuration APIs for schemas, metadata, and rich content responses.

Lily Ma explains how to connect an MCP server hosted on Azure Functions to Microsoft Foundry agents, focusing on setup steps and the trade-offs between key-based auth, Microsoft Entra ID (managed identity), OAuth identity passthrough, and unauthenticated access.