MCP allowlists in enterprise managed settings

Enterprise owners can now centrally control which MCP servers GitHub Copilot clients are allowed to run by using the new allowedMcpServers and deniedMcpServers keys in enterprise managed settings.

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Enterprise owners can now centrally control which Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers GitHub Copilot clients are allowed to run by using the new allowedMcpServers and deniedMcpServers keys in enterprise managed settings.
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Announced: 07 Aug 2026 00:11 UTC
Detected: 07 Aug 2026 20:59 UTC (+20h after)

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