[In preview] Public Preview: MCP Server Knowledge Source in Microsoft Foundry IQ

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Foundry
Type: Availability
Announcement date: 2026-06-02
Effective date: Date not published
Impact: Affected

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Microsoft Foundry IQ now supports external MCP servers as federated knowledge sources in public preview, expanding retrieval beyond data customers index themselves. Teams can register MCP servers from systems like Salesforce, Atlassian, Confluence, and Se

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Who is affected: The audience described by the Microsoft update is represented by: [In preview] Public Preview: MCP Server Knowledge Source in Microsoft Foundry IQ Microsoft Foundry IQ now supports external MCP servers as federated knowledge sources in public preview, expanding retrieval beyond data customers index themselves. Teams can register MCP servers from systems like Salesforce, Atlassian, Confluence, and Se

Why it matters: The change matters because the official source describes: [In preview] Public Preview: MCP Server Knowledge Source in Microsoft Foundry IQ Microsoft Foundry IQ now supports external MCP servers as federated knowledge sources in public preview, expanding retrieval beyond data customers index themselves. Teams can register MCP servers from systems like Salesforce, Atlassian, Confluence, and Se

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2026-08-19T15:39:09.788241+00:00
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[In preview] Public Preview: MCP Server Knowledge Source in Microsoft Foundry IQ Microsoft Foundry IQ now supports external MCP servers as federated knowledge sources in public preview, expanding retrieval beyond data customers index themselves. Teams can register MCP servers from systems like Salesforce, Atlassian, Confluence, and Se
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[In preview] Public Preview: MCP Server Knowledge Source in Microsoft Foundry IQ Microsoft Foundry IQ now supports external MCP servers as federated knowledge sources in public preview, expanding retrieval beyond data customers index themselves. Teams can register MCP servers from systems like Salesforce, Atlassian, Confluence, and Se
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Product Microsoft Foundry
[In preview] Public Preview: MCP Server Knowledge Source in Microsoft Foundry IQ Microsoft Foundry IQ now supports external MCP servers as federated knowledge sources in public preview, expanding retrieval beyond data customers index themselves. Teams can register MCP servers from systems like Salesforce, Atlassian, Confluence, and Se
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[In preview] Public Preview: MCP Server Knowledge Source in Microsoft Foundry IQ Microsoft Foundry IQ now supports external MCP servers as federated knowledge sources in public preview, expanding retrieval beyond data customers index themselves. Teams can register MCP servers from systems like Salesforce, Atlassian, Confluence, and Se
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