Azure

Deploy the Zscaler MCP Server to Azure Container Apps, an Azure Virtual Machine, or Azure Kubernetes Service (Preview); optionally create an Azure AI Foundry agent backed by the deployed MCP server; and configure Microsoft Entra ID as the OIDCProxy identity provider.

Video walkthrough

End-to-end walkthrough of every deployment target in this guide — Container Apps, Virtual Machine, AKS, and the Azure AI Foundry agent. Click the thumbnail to watch the complete walkthrough, or jump to a per-target walkthrough below:

Target	Walkthrough
Azure Container Apps	Watch on Wistia
Azure Virtual Machine	Watch on Wistia
Azure Kubernetes Service (Preview)	Watch on Wistia
Azure AI Foundry Agent	Watch on Wistia

• Azure Deployment
• Azure AI Foundry Agent
• Entra ID OIDCProxy

At a glance

Page	When to use
Azure Container Apps / VM / AKS	The unified azure_mcp_operations.py script — interactive deploy of the MCP server to any of the three Azure compute surfaces.
Azure AI Foundry Agent	Create a GPT-4o agent in Foundry that uses the deployed MCP server as a tool. Includes the full portal walkthrough with screenshots.
Entra ID OIDCProxy	End-to-end walkthrough for wiring Microsoft Entra ID as the OIDCProxy IdP, including the Entra-specific aud-claim behaviour.