Microsoft has made the Model Context Protocol (MCP) a first‑class citizen in Visual Studio, shipping general availability support that lets Copilot Chat and other agentic features connect to local or remote MCP servers via a simple .mcp.json configuration — a major convenience for developers...
copilot
defense in depth
enterprise security
github mcp server
mcp
mcp.json
model context protocol
oauth
one-click install
pat
prompt injection
read-only mode
remote server
security governance
tool poisoning
visual studio
