Azure Weekly: Python Gets First-Class MCP Support, Custom Agents Hit Azure Boards

Azure Goes All-In on Python-Native AI Development This past week saw Azure make significant moves toward making AI agent development feel native in Python. The Azure MCP Server landed on PyPI , GitHub Copilot custom agents now integrate directly into Azure Boards , and the February Azure SDK release shipped critical infrastructure for ASP.NET Core apps. If you've been waiting for Azure to meet Python developers where they are, this is the week it happened. Azure MCP Server: Finally Native in Python Until last week, using the Azure Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server meant running Node.js or .NET. For Python developers building AI agents—the majority of the AI ecosystem—this was friction. Now you can install and run the Azure MCP Server directly from PyPI with uvx or pip : # Run on-demand with uvx (recommended) uvx --from msmcp-azure azmcp server start # Or install into your project pip install msmcp-azure This matters because MCP is becoming the standard protocol for AI agents to inter