docs: Add Sovereign Cloud configuration instructions to README - #1684
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Pull request overview
Adds end-user documentation to help configure the Azure MCP server for Azure sovereign clouds (China, US Government) instead of the default public cloud.
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- Introduces a new “Sovereign Cloud Configuration” section in the root README.
- Provides example
.mcp.jsonsnippets using--cloudfor China and US Government. - Adds a pre-authentication command table for Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, and Azure Developer CLI, plus a link to MS Learn.
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…soft#1684) * Initial plan * Add Sovereign Cloud configuration instructions to README Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/sessions/825c66a2-51c0-4d4d-a040-9c24df334582 Co-authored-by: fanyang-mono <52458914+fanyang-mono@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: fanyang-mono <52458914+fanyang-mono@users.noreply.github.com>
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Users targeting Azure sovereign clouds (China, US Government) had no guidance on how to configure the Azure MCP server away from the default public cloud endpoint.
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Sovereign Cloud Configurationsection covering:.mcp.json(~/.copilot/installed-plugins//%USERPROFILE%\.copilot\installed-plugins\)AzureChinaCloudandAzureUSGovernmentvia the--cloudserver argument:{ "mcpServers": { "azure": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@azure/mcp@latest", "server", "start", "--cloud", "AzureChinaCloud"] } } }Warning
Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)
I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:
learn.microsoft.com/home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node --enable-source-maps /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/copilot-developer-action-main/dist/index.js(dns block)If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either: