MCP Servers in Production: OAuth, Rate Limiting & Quotas
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is becoming the standard for connecting AI agents to external tools. Building an MCP server is easy, but what happens when ChatGPT, Claude, or thousands of autonomous agents start calling your API? This talk tackles the operational challenges that MCP deliberately leaves unsolved: authentication, rate limiting, and quota management. I'll show how to use OAuth for caller identification and Azure API Management for enforcement
Speaker
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Matthias Liebeck
PhD, Senior Solution Architect
Matthias studied computer science (M.Sc. + B.Sc.) and mathematics (B.Sc.). He completed his academic education with a PhD in computer science focused on natural language processing. Currently, he's working as a senior solution architect focused on C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core MVC, and Azure in general. He's the organizer of the Azure Düsseldorf Meetup www.azuredus.de... read more