<t>Jan_V almost nailed it, which led me to experiment with this in the local.settings.json<br/>
<br/>
{<br/>
"IsEncrypted": false,<br/>
"Values": {<br/>
"AzureWebJobsStorage": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true;",<br/>
"AzureWebJobsDashboard": ""<br/>
},<br/>
"ConnectionStrings": {<br/>
"MyConnectionString": "[YourConnectionStringHere]"<br/>
}<br/>
}<br/>
<br/>
```<br/>
<br/>
This allows you to use the `ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[]` we are all used to.<br/>
<br/>
```<br/>
var sqlConnection = ConfigurationManager<br/>
.ConnectionStrings["MyConnectionString"].ConnectionString;<br/>
<br/>
```</t>
