JSON and Entity Framework As a general remark, the JSON support in SQL Server 2016 is primarily exposed through the T-SQL syntax, as tooling is quite limited now. In particular, EF doesn't currently ...

Today, JSON is the universal standard of data exchange. It is found in every area of programming, including front-end and server-side development, systems, middleware, and databases.

SQL Server 2025 is also introducing a native JSON datatype, which should improve performance over the current approach of storing JSON data in the VARCHAR (MAX) field.