Microsoft MCP Gateway — Instalar & Demo en vivo

Name: Microsoft MCP Gateway MCP Server
Author: microsoft

Por qué usarlo

Características clave

Session-affinity routing for stateful MCP servers
Per-tenant isolation and quota
Centralized OAuth/OIDC at the gateway edge
Health probes + auto-restart of backend servers
Helm chart for Kubernetes deployment

Demo en vivo

Cómo se ve en la práctica

microsoft-mcp-gateway.replay ▶ listo

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Instalar

Elige tu cliente

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "microsoft-mcp-gateway": {
      "command": "mcp-gateway",
      "args": [
        "serve"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Abre Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Reinicia después de guardar.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "microsoft-mcp-gateway": {
      "command": "mcp-gateway",
      "args": [
        "serve"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor usa el mismo esquema mcpServers que Claude Desktop. La configuración del proyecto prevalece sobre la global.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "microsoft-mcp-gateway": {
      "command": "mcp-gateway",
      "args": [
        "serve"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Haz clic en el icono MCP Servers de la barra lateral de Cline y luego en "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "microsoft-mcp-gateway": {
      "command": "mcp-gateway",
      "args": [
        "serve"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Mismo formato que Claude Desktop. Reinicia Windsurf para aplicar.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "microsoft-mcp-gateway",
      "command": "mcp-gateway",
      "args": [
        "serve"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue usa un array de objetos de servidor en lugar de un mapa.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "microsoft-mcp-gateway": {
      "command": {
        "path": "mcp-gateway",
        "args": [
          "serve"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Añádelo a context_servers. Zed recarga en caliente al guardar.

claude mcp add microsoft-mcp-gateway -- mcp-gateway serve

Un solo comando. Verifica con claude mcp list. Quita con claude mcp remove.

Casos de uso

Usos del mundo real: Microsoft MCP Gateway

Stand up an internal MCP catalog with one auth boundary

👤 Platform engineering teams ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

Cuándo usarlo: You have 10+ MCP servers and need centralized auth, quotas, and observability.

Requisitos previos

Server/skill installed and authenticated — See repo README

Flujo

Deploy the gateway

Generate Helm values for mcp-gateway with our Entra OIDC issuer and three backend MCPs: github, jira, snowflake.✓ Copiado

→ values.yaml + helm command
Register

Register each backend and assign it to the 'engineering' tenant with a 1000 req/hr quota.✓ Copiado

→ Three backend ids + quota set

Resultado: One URL, one OIDC, many MCPs — properly governed.

Errores comunes

Session affinity is critical for stateful servers. If you switch to a stateless backend, also disable affinity to avoid hotspots. — Session affinity is critical for stateful servers. If you switch to a stateless backend, also disable affinity to avoid hotspots.

Combinar con: containers/kubernetes-mcp-server

Combinaciones

Combínalo con otros MCPs para multiplicar por 10

microsoft-mcp-gateway + containers/kubernetes-mcp-server

Pair with containers/kubernetes-mcp-server for complementary capabilities

Use this server together with containers/kubernetes-mcp-server to complete a multi-step task.✓ Copiado

Herramientas

Lo que expone este MCP

Herramienta	Entradas	Cuándo llamar	Coste
list_backends	(none)	See registered MCP servers	1 API call
register_backend	name, image, env	Add a new MCP server behind the gateway	K8s scheduling
tenant_quota	tenant_id	Inspect or adjust per-tenant limits	1 API call

Coste y límites

Lo que cuesta ejecutarlo

Cuota de API: See provider docs for rate limits
Tokens por llamada: Varies by tool
Monetario: See repo README for pricing details
Consejo: Cache tool results and avoid repeated identical calls.

Seguridad

Permisos, secretos, alcance

Almacenamiento de credenciales: Use environment variables; never commit secrets

Salida de datos: Tool calls go to the provider's API as documented

Resolución de problemas

Errores comunes y soluciones

backend unhealthy

Gateway probes GET /healthz. Make sure your MCP server implements it or update healthCheck.path.

Verificar: kubectl get pods -n mcp

OIDC validation fails

Issuer URL must match the token's iss claim exactly, including trailing slash. Recheck Entra app config.

Verificar: Decode token at jwt.ms

Alternativas

Microsoft MCP Gateway vs otros

Alternativa	Cuándo usarla	Contrapartida
agentic-community/mcp-gateway-registry	You prefer the community OSS option	Less Azure-native

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Recursos

📖 Lee el README oficial en GitHub

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