using System;

//using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var json = @"

                {

          'value': [

            {

              'name': '504896c031d2fcb9',

              'location': 'North Europe',

              'properties': {

                'state': 'UNKNOWN',

                'name': '504896c031d2fcb9',

                'siteInstanceName': '504896c031d2fcb93ec',

                'healthCheckUrl': null,

                'machineName': 'lw0s',

                'containers': null

              }

            },

            {

              'name': '35aafa',

              'location': 'North Europe',

              'properties': {

                'state': 'UNKNOWN',

                'name': '35aafae',

                'siteInstanceName': '35aafaeff',

                'healthCheckUrl': null,

                'machineName': 'lw1s',

                'containers': null

              }

            }

          ],

          'nextLink': null,

          'id': null

        }

        ";

        JObject jss = JObject.Parse(json);

        JArray array = jss["value"] as JArray;

        Console.WriteLine(array != null ? array.Count : 0);

    }

}