Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

---

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the open standard for connecting AI models to tools and data.

This half-day event covers MCP end to end: its role as an open standard, how it's adopted across the developer ecosystem, and hands-on sessions on building MCP servers.

It also addresses enterprise readiness including authentication, governance, and security.

👉🏽 Register today: https://aka.ms/MCPLive/99/VSCode

📆 Agenda:
🔵 Welcome to MCP Live! - Liam Hampton and Pamela Fox (Microsoft/GitHub), MCP advocates
🔵 State of MCP - Caitie McCaffrey (Microsoft), MCP core maintainer
🔵 MCP at GitHub - Sam Morrow (GitHub), GitHub MCP server maintainer
🔵 MCP at Microsoft - Linda Li (Microsoft), Foundry Toolbox PM
🔵 Building MCP servers in VS Code - VS Code Engineering Team
🔵 MCP Authorization: DCR, EMA, and more! - Den Delimarsky (Anthropic), Sam Bellen (Okta)
🔵 MCP Apps - Jeremiah Lowin (Prefect), FastMCP maintainer
🔵 MCP Tasks, Events, Triggers - Clare Liguori (Amazon), MCP core maintainer
🔵 Closing - Liam Hampton and Pamela Fox (Microsoft/GitHub), MCP advocates

🎙️ Featuring: Pamela Fox (@pamelafox), Liam Hampton (@Liamchampton)

#ModelContextProtocol #MCPLive #DeveloperTools #VSCode #AIEngineering