MCP for Beginners

Learn MCP with Microsoft's free course: 13 chapters, 15 lessons, labs and server code in 6 languages.

MCP for Beginners — learn MCP with Microsoft's free course: 13 chapters, 15 lessons, labs and server code in 6 languages

How to use MCP for Beginners

  1. Follow the 13-chapter course map and tick off topics as you finish them
  2. Work through the 15 Getting Started lessons, from first server to MCP Apps
  3. Pick a language and transport to generate a starter MCP server from the first-server lesson
  4. Copy the server code, install the SDK and run it locally
  5. Add your servers to the VS Code mcp.json generator and save it as .vscode/mcp.json

Features

  • Full 13-chapter curriculum map from Microsoft's free MCP course, with progress tracking
  • 15 Getting Started lessons and the 13-lab PostgreSQL hands-on path
  • Starter MCP server generator in TypeScript or Python, stdio or streamable HTTP
  • VS Code mcp.json generator for stdio and HTTP servers
  • The 10 production Microsoft MCP servers and 7 case studies from the course

Frequently asked questions

Is it free?

Yes, unlimited.

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