Is there a simple way to upload a Tab delimited file to SQL Server without using BCP?

Question

After using BCP for a year and fooling around with character encoding (x-UTF-16LE-BOM? Really?) we want a better solution. I have worked with Oracle and it is as simple as selecting a table and uploading the file.

Is there anything that can do that with SQL Server?

• BCP must use x-UTF-16LE-BOM or it chokes.
• BULK INSERT requires the file to be on the SQL Server instance (really?)

I have Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio but it doesn't seem able to do it.

Any help? We are in the Azure Cloud and I want it simple!