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Build 2025: Windows 11 gets native MCP; Microsoft joins MCP steering committee

At Build 2025, announced native MCP support in Windows 11 and joined the MCP steering committee

Why it matters

Adoption reached down to the OS level, and governance began to become multilateral

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Presstechcrunch.comhttps://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/github-microsoft-embrace-anthropics-spec-for-connecting-ai-models-to-data-sources/

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