JSON support is generally available in Azure SQL Database
Original news: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/json-support-is-generally-available-in-azure-sql-database/
You can now query and store both relational and textual data formatted in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) using Azure SQL Database. Azure SQL Database provides simple built-in functions that read data from JSON text, transform JSON text into table, and format data from SQL tables as JSON.
Original news: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/json-support-is-generally-available-in-azure-sql-database/
You can now query and store both relational and textual data formatted in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) using Azure SQL Database. Azure SQL Database provides simple built-in functions that read data from JSON text, transform JSON text into table, and format data from SQL tables as JSON.