Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Beginners by Microsoft
51mBeginner2025-09-12
Authors
Microsoft Developer
Course details
Are you just getting started with AI agents and looking to take your skills to the next level? In this course, designed uniquely for beginners, learn how to build AI agents with the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—a powerful framework for building secure, scalable, and real-world AI applications. Find out how to design and deploy AI agents with MCP in Visual Studio Code, contribute to the developer community, and apply best practices from early adopters across a variety of industries. Whether you’re a budding developer or an enthusiast interested in learning more about AI technology, this course outlines in-demand skills and valuable insights that you can apply in practice to create advanced AI applications.
Skills covered
Visual Studio CodeAI Agents and Agentic SystemsAI Development Tools and PlatformsProgramming FoundationsBuilding with AIMicrosoftSoftware DevelopmentOne-Off
Concepts
MCP for Beginners
- Introduction to Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- MCP core concepts
- MCP security best practices
- Build your first MCP server
- How to build, test, and deploy MCP apps with real tools and workflows
- Advanced MCP - Secure, scalable, and multimodal AI agents
- How to contribute to MCP - Tools, docs, code, and more
- Lessons from MCP early adopters
- MCP development best practices
- MCP in action - Real-world case studies
- Build AI agents in VS Code - Four hands-on labs with MCP and AI Toolkit