【MCP Server】Azure Data Catalog × Claude Desktop 連携ガイド | AI でデータを徹底活用

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an emerging, open-source standard for connecting LLMs with external services and data sources. Through MCP Servers, AI clients can perform actions like opening Jira tickets, posting Slack messages, committing GitHub branches and more. With CData MCP Servers, these capabilities expand exponentially.

In this article, we guide the reader through installing the CData MCP Server for Azure Data Catalog, configuring the connection to Azure Data Catalog, and asking questions of the data in Claude Desktop.

Prerequisites

You need to download Claude Desktop (download) and create an account before continuing.

Overview

Here's a quick overview of the steps:

1. Download and install the CData MCP Server for Azure Data Catalog
2. Configure the connection to Azure Data Catalog
3. Ask questions about the data in Claude Desktop

Step 1: Download and install the CData MCP Server

1. To begin, navigate to https://www.cdata.com/solutions/mcp/connectors and download the CData MCP Server for Azure Data Catalog.
2. Find and double-click the installer to begin the installation.
3. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.

When the installation is complete, you are ready to configure your MCP Server by connecting to Azure Data Catalog.

Step 2: Configure the connection to Azure Data Catalog

1. After installation, the CData MCP Server configuration wizard should open automatically.

   NOTE: If the wizard does not open automatically, search for "CData MCP Server" in the Windows search bar and double-click the application.

2. Click the dropdown menu in MCP Configuration > Configuration Name and select ""
3. Name the configuration (e.g. "cdataazuredatacatalog") and click "OK."

   NOTE: This name is used as the name for the MCP server and as the prefix for all of the MCP Server's tools.

   

4. Connecting to Azure Data Catalog

   Azure Data Catalog 接続プロパティの取得・設定方法

   OAuth 認証で接続

   Azure Data Catalog の認証にはOAuth を使用します。CData 製品では組込みOAuth が利用できるので、接続プロパティを設定することなく接続を試行するだけで、ブラウザ経由でAAS に認証できます。詳しい設定方法については、ヘルプドキュメントの「Azure Data Catalog への認証」セクションを参照してください。

   設定は任意ですが、CatalogName プロパティを設定することでAzure Data Catalog から返されるカタログデータを明示的に指定できます。

   CatalogName：Azure Data Catalog に紐づいているカタログ名に設定。空のままにすると、デフォルトのカタログが使用されます。カタログ名は、「Azure Portal」->「データカタログ」->「カタログ名」から取得できます。

   Enter the appropriate connection properties in the configuration wizard.

   
5. Click "Connect" to authenticate with Azure Data Catalog through OAuth.

   NOTE: The configuration wizard should open your browser and ask you to sign into Azure Data Catalog. If your browser does not open, close the configuration wizard and re-open the application using "Run as Administrator" (see below).

   
6. Finally, click "Save Configuration" to save the MCP server.

   NOTE: This saves the configuration details to a separate file and updates the Claude Desktop configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json) to start the CData MCP Server when the Claude Desktop client starts.

With the CData MCP Server configured, you are ready to start asking questions of your live data from Claude.

Step 3: Ask AI for answers from live Azure Data Catalog のデータ

Now that we have installed the CData MCP Server and configured a connection, we are ready to start with Azure Data Catalog のデータ in Claude Desktop.

1. Open Claude Desktop. It may take a moment for the MCP Servers to start, but you will see the list of servers and tools available in the Claude interface (look for the settings icon below the prompt bar).

   You can individually enable and disable specific tools by clicking on the server name.

2. Now that you have connected, you can ask Claude questions about the Azure Data Catalog のデータ. For example: "Can you give me a quantitative analysis about my closed-won opportunities by industry?"

   NOTE: Claude may need to explore the Azure Data Catalog のデータ to make sense of it before it can begin answering questions of the data. The tabular model presented by CData alongside the database tools available simplify the data exploration and analysis for an LLM.

   

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