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Azure AI MCP Server

by caiotk

Azure AI MCP Server

A mission-critical Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing comprehensive Azure AI services integration with enterprise-grade reliability, observability, and chaos engineering capabilities.

🚀 Features

Core Azure AI Services

  • Azure OpenAI: Chat completions, embeddings, and text generation
  • Cognitive Services Text Analytics: Sentiment analysis, entity recognition, key phrase extraction
  • Computer Vision: Image analysis, object detection, OCR
  • Face API: Face detection, recognition, and analysis
  • Azure Storage: Blob storage integration for data persistence

Mission-Critical Capabilities

  • High Availability: Multi-region deployment with automatic failover
  • Observability: Comprehensive logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
  • Security: Azure AD integration, API key management, and encryption at rest/transit
  • Rate Limiting: Intelligent throttling and backpressure handling
  • Retry Logic: Exponential backoff with circuit breaker patterns
  • Chaos Engineering: Built-in chaos testing with Azure Chaos Studio

DevOps & CI/CD

  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform modules for all environments
  • Multi-Environment: Integration, E2E, and Production pipelines
  • Container Support: Docker containerization with health checks
  • Monitoring: Azure Monitor, Application Insights integration
  • Security Scanning: Automated vulnerability assessments

📋 Prerequisites

  • Node.js 18+
  • Azure subscription with appropriate permissions
  • Azure CLI installed and configured
  • Terraform 1.5+
  • Docker (optional, for containerized deployment)

🔧 Installation

1. Clone and Setup

git clone https://github.com/caiotk/nexguideai-azure-ai-mcp-server.git cd azure-ai-mcp-server npm install

2. Environment Configuration

Copy the environment template and configure your Azure credentials:

cp .env.example .env

Required environment variables:

# Azure OpenAI AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT=https://your-openai.openai.azure.com/ AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key # Azure Cognitive Services AZURE_COGNITIVE_SERVICES_ENDPOINT=https://your-region.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/ AZURE_COGNITIVE_SERVICES_KEY=your-key # Azure Storage AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING=your-connection-string # Azure AD (for production) AZURE_TENANT_ID=your-tenant-id AZURE_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET=your-client-secret # Monitoring AZURE_APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING=your-connection-string LOG_LEVEL=info

3. Build and Run

npm run build npm start

🏗️ Architecture

System Overview

┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐ │ MCP Client │────│ Azure AI MCP │────│ Azure Services │ │ │ │ Server │ │ │ └─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘ │ ▼ ┌─────────────────┐ │ Observability │ │ & Monitoring │ └─────────────────┘

Component Architecture

  • API Layer: MCP protocol implementation with request validation
  • Service Layer: Azure AI service integrations with retry logic
  • Infrastructure Layer: Terraform modules for cloud resources
  • Observability Layer: Logging, metrics, and distributed tracing

🔄 CI/CD Pipeline

Environments

  1. Integration (INT): Feature testing and integration validation
  2. End-to-End (E2E): Full system testing with chaos engineering
  3. Production (PROD): Live environment with blue-green deployment

Pipeline Stages

Build → Test → Security Scan → Deploy INT → E2E Tests → Chaos Tests → Deploy PROD

Deployment Strategy

  • Blue-Green Deployment: Zero-downtime deployments
  • Canary Releases: Gradual traffic shifting for risk mitigation
  • Automated Rollback: Automatic rollback on health check failures

🧪 Testing Strategy

Test Pyramid

  • Unit Tests: Individual component testing (Jest)
  • Integration Tests: Service integration validation
  • E2E Tests: Full workflow testing
  • Chaos Tests: Resilience and failure scenario testing

Chaos Engineering

Integrated with Azure Chaos Studio for:

  • Service Disruption: Simulated Azure service outages
  • Network Latency: Increased response times
  • Resource Exhaustion: CPU/Memory pressure testing
  • Dependency Failures: External service failures

📊 Monitoring & Observability

Metrics

  • Performance: Response times, throughput, error rates
  • Business: API usage, feature adoption, cost optimization
  • Infrastructure: Resource utilization, availability

Logging

  • Structured Logging: JSON format with correlation IDs
  • Log Levels: ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG
  • Centralized: Azure Log Analytics integration

Alerting

  • SLA Monitoring: 99.9% availability target
  • Error Rate Thresholds: >1% error rate alerts
  • Performance Degradation: Response time anomalies

🔒 Security

Authentication & Authorization

  • Azure AD Integration: Enterprise identity management
  • API Key Management: Secure key rotation and storage
  • RBAC: Role-based access control

Data Protection

  • Encryption at Rest: Azure Storage encryption
  • Encryption in Transit: TLS 1.3 for all communications
  • Data Residency: Configurable data location compliance

Security Scanning

  • Dependency Scanning: Automated vulnerability detection
  • SAST: Static application security testing
  • Container Scanning: Docker image vulnerability assessment

🚀 Deployment

Local Development

npm run dev

Docker Deployment

npm run docker:build npm run docker:run

Terraform Deployment

cd terraform/environments/prod terraform init terraform plan terraform apply

📈 Performance

Benchmarks

  • Latency: P95 < 500ms for chat completions
  • Throughput: 1000+ requests/minute sustained
  • Availability: 99.9% uptime SLA

Optimization

  • Connection Pooling: Efficient Azure service connections
  • Caching: Intelligent response caching strategies
  • Rate Limiting: Adaptive throttling based on service limits

🤝 Contributing

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

Development Guidelines

  • Follow TypeScript strict mode
  • Maintain 90%+ test coverage
  • Use conventional commits
  • Update documentation for new features

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🆘 Support

🗺️ Roadmap

  • Multi-model support (GPT-4, Claude, Gemini)
  • Advanced caching strategies
  • GraphQL API support
  • Kubernetes deployment manifests
  • Advanced chaos engineering scenarios
  • Cost optimization recommendations

Built with ❤️ by NexGuide AI

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remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Enables comprehensive integration with Azure AI services including OpenAI, Cognitive Services, Computer Vision, and Face API through a mission-critical MCP server. Provides enterprise-grade reliability with high availability, observability, chaos engineering, and secure multi-region deployment capabilities.

  1. 🚀 Features
    1. Core Azure AI Services
    2. Mission-Critical Capabilities
    3. DevOps & CI/CD
  2. 📋 Prerequisites
    1. 🔧 Installation
      1. 1. Clone and Setup
      2. 2. Environment Configuration
      3. 3. Build and Run
    2. 🏗️ Architecture
      1. System Overview
      2. Component Architecture
    3. 🔄 CI/CD Pipeline
      1. Environments
      2. Pipeline Stages
      3. Deployment Strategy
    4. 🧪 Testing Strategy
      1. Test Pyramid
      2. Chaos Engineering
    5. 📊 Monitoring & Observability
      1. Metrics
      2. Logging
      3. Alerting
    6. 🔒 Security
      1. Authentication & Authorization
      2. Data Protection
      3. Security Scanning
    7. 🚀 Deployment
      1. Local Development
      2. Docker Deployment
      3. Terraform Deployment
    8. 📈 Performance
      1. Benchmarks
      2. Optimization
    9. 🤝 Contributing
      1. Development Guidelines
    10. 📄 License
      1. 🆘 Support
        1. 🗺️ Roadmap

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