Azure AI Vision MCP Server

Category: AI Integration – MCP Servers
Brand: Microsoft Azure
Slug: azure-ai-vision-mcp-server

Overview

Azure AI Vision MCP Server exposes Microsoft Azure’s computer vision capabilities—such as image analysis and OCR—to MCP-compatible clients via Pipedream. It allows applications to analyze images and extract text without requiring machine learning expertise.

Features

• Unified computer vision service

  • Access Azure AI Vision capabilities through a single MCP server endpoint.

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

  • Extracts text from images using Azure AI Vision OCR.
  • Available as an MCP tool/action: Extract Text from Image.

• Image analysis (via Azure AI Vision)

  • Supports general image analysis capabilities from Azure AI Vision (e.g., image tagging and related vision features) when used through Azure’s APIs.

• Face-related capabilities (via Azure AI Vision)

  • Can leverage Azure AI Vision’s responsible facial recognition / face detection features through the underlying Azure service where configured.

• MCP server endpoint

  • Static MCP server URL usable by multiple clients:
    • https://mcp.pipedream.net/v2
  • Authentication handled when adding the server to your application.

• Client integration

  • Can be added to compatible chat clients (e.g., ChatGPT / OpenAI clients that support MCP).
  • Configuration guidance available via Pipedream’s configuration pages.

Available Tools / Actions

• Extract Text from Image
  • Description: Extracts text from a provided image using Azure AI Vision OCR.
  • Implementation reference: Pipedream action extract-text-from-image for Azure AI Vision.

Integration & Configuration

• Connect your Azure AI Vision account via Pipedream to use the MCP server.
• After connecting, select your client (e.g., ChatGPT with MCP support) and add the MCP server URL.
• Authentication occurs during client/server configuration.

Pricing

The provided content does not include any pricing information for the Azure AI Vision MCP Server or related plans.