generated: '2026-09-17'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/azure-mcp-server/tools/azure-cache-for-redis
  (Azure Redis tools for Azure MCP Server) and the microsoft/mcp repository —
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/mcp/main/servers/Azure.Mcp.Server/docs/azmcp-commands.md
  and .../docs/e2eTestPrompts.md, which name the tools as shipped.
provider: microsoft-azure-cache-for-redis
name: Azure MCP Server
status: published
official: true
vendor: Microsoft
deployment:
  mode: local-stdio
  install: npx -y @azure/mcp@latest server start
  package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@azure/mcp
  package_version: 3.0.0-beta.44
  package_published: '2026-09-15'
  repository: https://github.com/microsoft/mcp
  auth: oauth
  auth_note: >-
    No token is passed to the server. It authenticates with Microsoft Entra ID through the
    ambient Azure credential chain on the machine it runs on (az login / managed identity /
    environment credentials) and then calls management.azure.com with that token — the same
    azure_auth OAuth2 scheme the OpenAPI declares.
  verified: searched
  note: >-
    Microsoft ships NO remote/hosted MCP endpoint for Azure resource management. Azure MCP
    Server is a stdio server a human installs and runs locally before any agent can reach it.
    An agent cannot POST to a URL and manage a cache.
tools:
- name: redis_list
  description: >-
    Lists all Redis resources in a subscription — returns Azure Managed Redis, Azure Cache for
    Redis and Azure Redis Enterprise resources.
  read_only: true
  destructive: false
  idempotent: true
- name: redis_create
  description: >-
    Creates a new Redis resource. Asynchronous — returns with provisioningState Creating; poll
    until Succeeded.
  read_only: false
  destructive: true
  idempotent: false
  parameters:
  - name: resource name
    required: true
  - name: resource group
    required: true
  - name: sku
    required: true
    default: Balanced_B0
  - name: location
    required: true
  - name: access keys authentication
    required: false
    default: false
  - name: modules
    required: false
    note: e.g. RedisBloom, RedisJSON (Azure Managed Redis)
  - name: public network access
    required: false
coverage:
  mcp_tools: 2
  openapi_operations: 41
  note: >-
    The MCP surface is a 2-tool slice of a 41-operation contract. Firewall rules, patch
    schedules, linked servers, access policies, private endpoints, key regeneration, flush,
    import and export have no tool. See microsoft-azure-cache-for-redis-tool-crosswalk.yml.
related_servers:
- name: Microsoft Learn MCP Server
  endpoint: https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp
  mode: remote
  auth: none
  verified: probed
  probed: '2026-09-17'
  http_status: 200
  tools:
  - microsoft_docs_search
  - microsoft_code_sample_search
  - microsoft_docs_fetch
  note: >-
    Real, anonymous, agent-reachable Microsoft MCP endpoint — tools/list returned the three
    tools above with input schemas. It serves Microsoft Learn DOCUMENTATION, including the
    Azure Cache for Redis REST reference; it does not manage caches. Recorded as a related
    surface, deliberately NOT as this provider's deployment.