Neowin News Feed for: Mcp

Here is how Microsoft is improving PowerShell and Windows OpenSSH in 2026

Usama Jawad — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:40:01 +0000

Microsoft is gearing up for big PowerShell and Windows OpenSSH changes in 2026, but security will come before flashy new features. Read more...

Microsoft is making AI agents a first-class component of Windows

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:01:20 +0000

Microsoft is expanding AI capabilities on Windows with the public preview of native MCP support and the On-Device Registry (ODR) for managing AI agent connectors. Read more...

Microsoft unveils ambitious AI roadmap for Visual Studio, but users fear tool reliability

Paul Hill — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:02:01 +0000

Microsoft's new Visual Studio roadmap reveals a big shift for Copilot. It's moving from a coding assistant to a full-lifecycle development partner. Read more...

Developers can now access official Microsoft docs faster through new MCP server

Usama Jawad — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:02:01 +0000

Microsoft is giving developers and AI agents faster access to official documentation through a dedicated MCP server. Read more...

Here are all the new features available in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14

Usama Jawad — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:22:01 +0000

The August 2025 update for Visual Studio 2022 is now out, offering new AI capabilities and even ways to scale back AI interference in the IDE. Read more...

Microsoft brings Copilot for Azure to Visual Studio

Paul Hill — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:42:02 +0000

Microsoft has released GitHub Copilot for Azure as an extension for Visual Studio 2022. It integrates a set of Azure dev tools within GitHub Copilot Agent Mode. Read more...

MCP now live for everyone in Visual Studio

Usama Jawad — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:46:01 +0000

Visual Studio now fully supports MCP servers, enabling developers to quickly connect their AI agents to external tools, services, and data sources. Read more...

Microsoft is bringing Model Context Protocol to Windows 11 to make it an agentic OS

Paul Hill — Mon, 19 May 2025 16:02:25 +0000

Microsoft is bringing Model Context Protocol (MCP) to Windows 11 to turn its OS into an agentic OS. At BUILD 2025, it outlined how its implementation will be secure. Read more...

Microsoft unveils NLWeb letting web publishers participate in the agentic web

Paul Hill — Mon, 19 May 2025 16:02:19 +0000

Microsoft, at its BUILD 2025 developer conference, has unveiled NLWeb, a new tool that lets web publishers get in on the emerging agentic web. Read more...

Google announces support for Anthropic's MCP standard for Gemini models and SDK

David Uzondu — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:38:02 +0000

MCP has grown increasingly popular among AI labs and developers alike. Now, Google has announced that it is working on adding support for the standard in its Gemini models and SDK. Read more...

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