Find the full "MCP for Beginners" course and code samples here ➡️ https://aka.ms/MCP-for-Beginners Build AI Agents with Model Context Protocol (MCP)! Explore the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—a powerful framework for building secure, scalable, and real-world AI applications. Join April Gittens through core concepts, hands-on development, advanced implementation, and real-world case studies. Learn how to build and deploy AI agents with MCP in Visual Studio Code, contribute to the community, and apply best practices from early adopters across industries. Lessons 00:00 Introduction 00:03 Lesson 1: Introduction to Model Context Protocol (MCP) 05:04 Lesson 2: MCP core concepts 09:33 Lesson 3: MCP security best practices 15:07 Lesson 4: Build your first MCP server 18:27 Lesson 5: How to build, test & deploy MCP apps with real tools and workflows 23:05 Lesson 6: Advanced MCP: Secure, scalable, and multi-modal AI agents 27:02 Lesson 7: How to contribute to MCP: Tools, docs, code & more 32:09 Lesson 8: Lessons from MCP early adopters 36:39 Lesson 9: MCP development best practices 41:55 Lesson 10: MCP in action: Real-world case studies 46:51 Lesson 11: Build AI agents in VS Code: 4 hands-on labs with MCP + AI Toolkit