--- title: Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server Reaches GA, Without... description: Microsoft has made the Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server generally available, giving AI assistants a hosted, install-free endpoint into work items, pull requests,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/azure-devops-remote-mcp-server-reaches-ga-without-support-for-claude-chatgpt-or-cursor-8ihvsd0no twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server Reaches GA, Without Support for Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft has made the Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server generally available, giving AI assistants a hosted, install-free endpoint into work items, pull requests,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/azure-devops-remote-mcp-server-reaches-ga-without-support-for-claude-chatgpt-or-cursor-8ihvsd0no og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8IhvsD0no.png og:image:alt: Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server Reaches GA, Without Support for Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server Reaches GA, Without Support for Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor **[InfoQ](https://daily.dev/sources/infoq)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft has made the Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server generally available, giving AI assistants a hosted, install-free endpoint into work items, pull requests, repos, and pipelines. However, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT, and Cursor cannot yet connect because Microsoft Entra lacks support for dynamic client registration and Client ID Metadata Documents, the two authentication mechanisms those clients need. Microsoft's own first-party clients (VS Code with Copilot, Visual Studio, Foundry, Copilot Studio, Copilot CLI/app) work today without extra setup. Standalone organizations using Microsoft accounts (no Entra tenant) remain permanently unsupported. The timing is awkward because the MCP 2026-07-28 spec just reordered auth preferences, deprecating dynamic client registration entirely. Microsoft has given no timeline for the Entra fix, and the local MCP server remains the workaround for non-Microsoft clients. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why can't Claude Code or Cursor connect to the Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server? They cannot authenticate because Microsoft Entra, which backs the hosted endpoint, does not yet support dynamic OAuth client registration or Client ID Metadata Documents. These are the two mechanisms non-Microsoft clients need to authenticate. Microsoft is working with the Entra team on this but has published no timeline; until then, those clients must keep using the local MCP server instead. _daily.dev surfaces updates like this for teams tracking which AI agents can reach their Azure DevOps data._ ### What is the URL and config for connecting to the Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server? The server runs at https://mcp.dev.azure.com/{organization} over streamable HTTP. A supported client connects by adding one entry to mcp.json specifying that URL with type 'http' and an empty inputs array. It requires nothing installed or run locally, unlike the previous local MCP server approach. _Engineers wiring up MCP servers can keep configuration details like this handy via daily.dev._ ### Which clients currently work with the Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server? Only Microsoft first-party clients connect without extra onboarding: Visual Studio Code with GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio, Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, the GitHub Copilot CLI, and the GitHub Copilot app. Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT, and Cursor are excluded due to Entra authentication gaps, and standalone Microsoft-account organizations without an Entra tenant are permanently unsupported. _Teams standardizing on a coding agent can track platform compatibility gaps like this through daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server Reaches General Availability](https://daily.dev/posts/azure-devops-remote-mcp-server-reaches-general-availability-og0qzxzta) · C\# Corner · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server \(public preview\)](https://daily.dev/posts/azure-devops-remote-mcp-server-public-preview--9yy7dgd7z) · DevBlogs · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server Lands in Microsoft Foundry, Giving AI Agents Direct 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