Let's Learn MCP (Model Context Protocol) | Sue Bayes

Join me as I take you through my learning of MCP servers and share my knowledge and experience. The best way to learn something is to teach it, I want to know and learn more about MCP servers, so am committing to this session to share it with you. MCP servers provide a standard way, or protocol, to connect LLMs with data, tools, and resources. The MCP website describes MCP as a universal adaptor for AI applications. In the same way that a universal adaptor lets you connect your physical devices to accessories, MCP lets you connect AI applications to other data and tools without needing to build a custom connection to each data source. Sue Bayes, Microsoft DataPlatform MVP. Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate, Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate, Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate, Power BI Data Analyst Associate Over 7 years successfully working as an independent Power BI developer and data analyst within the public and private sector. Reporting solutions range from project management, planning , financial reporting, specific service sector reporting, bespoke data cleansing and sentiment analysis. 15 years of lecturing in Business and Computing before starting my own business. I am passionate about data in general and how we can harness information to grow business. Knowledge of R, SQL and C# but main love is Python, M and DAX. When not in front of the screen, I love to run and walk my dog and be outside.