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Preview notice, verified August 2026.<\/strong> The Fabric Core MCP Server is in public preview. Endpoints, tool names and configuration can change before GA, so if a command here doesn’t behave the way I describe, check the Microsoft Learn docs<\/a> before assuming your setup is broken. I date-stamp every post in this series and update them when things move.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Everyone is trying to get more out of their day with AI right now. Your team, your clients, probably you as well. And AI genuinely helps, but only when it’s set up properly, with real tools, MCPs and skills behind it. Sitting in a chat window pasting questions won’t get you anywhere near what AI Native tools can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve had a few chances lately to work through this with our clients, testing different approaches to agentic development workflows, especially for Microsoft Fabric. So I’m starting a short series on it. What to use, how to wire it together, and how to empower yourself and your team to actually get the performance out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because you don’t buy a Ferrari to drive to the grocery store \ud83d\ude42 Use your tools right and you get the value out of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This first post is the setup. What to install, what each piece does, how it all connects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My stack:<\/strong> Claude Code as the AI, so everything below is shown with Anthropic’s tooling. You can do the same with GitHub Copilot, Codex or whatever you prefer, the pieces are the same. For the IDE side of Fabric and Power BI work I use Visual Studio Code with a set of MCPs and extensions. More on those in a minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A few things worth having in place first, so you don’t get blocked halfway through:<\/p>\n\n\n\n