Add AI resources pages (#48443)

Author: gewarren

.openpublishing.redirection.ai.json

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {
     "redirections": [
+        {
+            "source_path_from_root": "/docs/ai/azure-ai-for-dotnet-developers.md",
+            "redirect_url": "/dotnet/ai/resources/azure-ai"
+        },
         {
             "source_path_from_root": "/docs/ai/ai-extensions.md",
             "redirect_url": "/dotnet/ai/microsoft-extensions-ai",

docs/ai/azure-ai-for-dotnet-developers.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ metadata:
   author: alexwolfmsft
   ms.author: alexwolf
 
-# linkListType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | tutorial | overview | quickstart | reference | sample | tutorial | video | whats-new
+# linkListType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | tutorial | overview | quickstart | reference | sample | training | tutorial | video | whats-new
 
 landingContent:
 # Cards and links should be based on top customer tasks or top subjects
@@ -70,20 +70,6 @@ landingContent:
           - text: Work with content filtering
             url: how-to/work-with-local-models.md
 
-  # Card
-  - title: Tutorials
-    linkLists:
-      - linkListType: tutorial
-        links:
-          - text: Scale Azure OpenAI with Azure Container Apps
-            url: get-started-app-chat-scaling-with-azure-container-apps.md
-          - text: .NET enterprise chat sample using RAG
-            url: get-started-app-chat-template.md
-          - text: Implement RAG using vector search
-            url: tutorials/tutorial-ai-vector-search.md
-          - text: Evaluate a model's response
-            url: tutorials/evaluate-with-reporting.md
-
   # Card
   - title: Training
     linkLists:
@@ -99,13 +85,27 @@ landingContent:
             url: /training/paths/develop-ai-agents-azure-open-ai-semantic-kernel-sdk
 
   # Card
-  - title: API reference
+  - title: Tutorials
+    linkLists:
+      - linkListType: tutorial
+        links:
+          - text: Scale Azure OpenAI with Azure Container Apps
+            url: get-started-app-chat-scaling-with-azure-container-apps.md
+          - text: .NET enterprise chat sample using RAG
+            url: get-started-app-chat-template.md
+          - text: Implement RAG using vector search
+            url: tutorials/tutorial-ai-vector-search.md
+          - text: Evaluate a model's response
+            url: tutorials/evaluate-with-reporting.md
+
+  # Card
+  - title: External resources
     linkLists:
-      - linkListType: reference
+      - linkListType: sample
         links:
-          - text: ChatClientBuilder
-            url: /dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.ai.chatclientbuilder
-          - text: IChatClient
-            url: /dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.ai.ichatclient
-          - text: IEmbeddingGenerator
-            url: /dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.ai.iembeddinggenerator
+          - text: Get started resources
+            url: resources/get-started.md
+          - text: Azure AI resources
+            url: resources/azure-ai.md
+          - text: MCP server resources
+            url: resources/mcp-servers.md

docs/ai/index.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+title: Azure AI learning resources
+description: This article provides a list of resources about Azure AI scenarios for .NET developers, including documentation and code samples.
+ms.date: 09/04/2025
+ms.topic: reference
+---
+
+# Azure AI learning resources
+
+This article contains an organized list of the best learning resources for .NET developers who are building AI apps using Azure services. Resources include popular quickstart articles, reference samples, documentation, and training courses.
+
+[!INCLUDE [include-file-from-azure-dev-docs-pr](~/azure-dev-docs-pr/articles/ai/includes/azure-ai-for-developers-dotnet.md)]

docs/ai/resources/azure-ai.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+title: Learning resources to get started with AI in .NET
+description: This article provides a list of resources for .NET developers who are starting to build AI apps with .NET.
+ms.date: 09/04/2025
+ms.topic: reference
+---
+
+# Learning resources to get started with AI in .NET
+
+This article contains an organized list of the best learning resources for .NET developers who are starting to build AI apps with .NET. Resources include samples, documentation, videos, and workshops.
+
+## Tutorials
+
+- [Generative AI for beginners](https://github.com/microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet)
+
+## Workshops
+
+- [AI workshop](https://github.com/dotnet-presentations/ai-workshop)
+- [Steve Sanderson's AI workshop](https://github.com/SteveSandersonMS/dotnet-ai-workshop)
+
+## Sample apps
+
+- [AI samples for .NET](https://github.com/dotnet/ai-samples)

docs/ai/resources/get-started.md

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+---
+title: MCP server learning resources
+description: This article provides a list of resources for .NET developers who are building MCP servers.
+ms.date: 09/04/2025
+ms.topic: reference
+---
+
+# MCP server learning resources
+
+This article contains an organized list of the best learning resources for .NET developers who are building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Resources include samples, documentation, videos, and workshops.
+
+## Getting started
+
+| Link | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+|[Anthropic - Getting Started with MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/getting-started/intro)|Anthropic's official guide to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and overview on how to get started writing or using an MCP server.|
+|[Create a minimal MCP server using C# and publish to NuGet](../quickstarts/build-mcp-server.md)|A quick guide to writing an MCP server in VS Code and publishing it to NuGet.|
+|[MCP for Beginners GitHub repo](https://github.com/microsoft/mcp-for-beginners)|A Microsoft-official GitHub repository with a full, hands-on curriculum for developing MCP servers in .NET, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Rust, and Python.|
+|[Build agents using MCP on Azure](/azure/developer/ai/build-openai-mcp-server-dotnet)| A walkthrough on how to connect an MCP client using Azure OpenAI and MCP server to Azure Container Apps. |
+
+## Libraries
+
+| Link                                                             | Description |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
+| [MCP C# SDK](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk) | Microsoft and Anthropic's official C# SDK for MCP servers and clients. |
+
+## Samples
+
+| Link | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+|[MCP Workshop GitHub repo](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/mcp-workshop-dotnet)|A sample MCP server and client with corresponding, step-by-step walkthroughs on how to implement them and how MCP works.|
+
+## Documentation
+
+| Link | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+|[MCP C# SDK Documentation](https://modelcontextprotocol.github.io/csharp-sdk/index.html)|Anthropic's official guide to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and overview on how to get started writing or using an MCP server.|
+|[VS Code MCP Developer Guide](https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/ai/mcp)| Official documentation for building, debugging, and registering an MCP server in VS Code.|
+
+## Additional resources
+
+| Link | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+|[MCP Inspector Tool](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector)|The Anthropic-official GitHub repo for the MCP Inspector tool, a visual testing and debugging tool for MCP servers.|
+|[MCP servers for VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/mcp)|A hub for quickly installing first-party and third-party MCP servers in VS Code.|
+|[Third party MCP servers](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers?tab=readme-ov-file#-third-party-servers)|A GitHub repo containing a comprehensive list of publicly available MCP servers.|
+
+## Videos
+
+| Link | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+|[MCP Dev Days (Microsoft Reactor)](https://developer.microsoft.com/reactor/series/S-1563/)|A 2-day virtual event and video series showing how to use and write MCP servers.|
+|[ASP.NET Community Standup - Build MCP servers with ASP.NET Core](https://www.youtube.com/live/x_6iUhdHnhc?si=J8QQuirYWk0JXC_V)|A roundtable discussion and demo on building an MCP server with ASP.NET Core and the MCP C# SDK.|
+
+## Communities
+
+| Link | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+|[Anthropic MCP Discussions](https://github.com/orgs/modelcontextprotocol/discussions)|An open forum for discussing MCP in Anthropic's official MCP GitHub repo.|
+|[Azure AI Foundry Discord](https://discord.com/invite/ByRwuEEgH4)|A Discord discussion space for developers looking to build with Microsoft AI tooling.|

docs/ai/resources/mcp-servers.md

@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ items:
     href: advanced/sample-implementations.md
 - name: Resources
   items:
+  - name: Get started resources
+    href: resources/get-started.md
+  - name: Azure AI resources
+    href: resources/azure-ai.md
+  - name: MCP server resources
+    href: resources/mcp-servers.md
   - name: API reference
     items:
     - name: ChatClientBuilder
@@ -109,5 +115,3 @@ items:
       href: /dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.ai.ichatclient
     - name: IEmbeddingGenerator
       href: /dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.ai.iembeddinggenerator
-  - name: Azure AI samples and docs
-    href: azure-ai-for-dotnet-developers.md

docs/ai/toc.yml

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ conceptualContent:
           url: ../ai/get-started-app-chat-template.md
         - itemType: overview
           text: Learning resources and samples
-          url: ../ai/azure-ai-for-dotnet-developers.md
+          url: ../ai/resources/azure-ai.md
     - title: Create mobile apps
       links:
         - itemType: learn