Visual Studio Build - Azure 2.9 SDK

Question

I am trying to build my software on Visual Studio Team Services. I recently upgraded from VS 2013 to VS 2015. I upgraded from the Azure 2.6 to the Azure 2.9 SDK. When the software builds, I get this error:

C:\a\src\CCC\Azure\CloudService1\CloudService1.ccproj (95, 0) The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\Windows Azure Tools\2.9\Microsoft.WindowsAzure.targets" was not found. Confirm that the path in the declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.

Is 2.9 not supported at this time? Here is my ccproj file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
 <PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
<ProductVersion>2.9</ProductVersion>
<ProjectGuid>XX</ProjectGuid>
<OutputType>Library</OutputType>
<AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
<RootNamespace>CloudService1</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>CloudService1</AssemblyName>
<StartDevelopmentStorage>True</StartDevelopmentStorage>
<Name>CloudService1</Name>
<SccProjectName>SAK</SccProjectName>
<SccProvider>SAK</SccProvider>
<SccAuxPath>SAK</SccAuxPath>
<SccLocalPath>SAK</SccLocalPath>
<UseEmulatorExpressByDefault>False</UseEmulatorExpressByDefault>
 </PropertyGroup>
  <!-- Import the target files for this project template -->
  <PropertyGroup>
    <VisualStudioVersion Condition=" '$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '' ">10.0</VisualStudioVersion>
    <CloudExtensionsDir Condition=" '$(CloudExtensionsDir)' == '' ">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\Windows Azure Tools\2.9\</CloudExtensionsDir>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(CloudExtensionsDir)Microsoft.WindowsAzure.targets" />

Yes, sorry! My research indicates that Azure should have the 2.9 SDK installed on the hosted build machines. I am unsure why this file is missing. — Joseph Anderson
There is already a question on this with a possible fix of altering the build config file. but this is for local dev. not sure how to replicate this in Visual studio online. if you are using your own build server you can try it out there. stackoverflow.com/questions/37635735/… — Aravind

Joseph Anderson Joseph Anderson · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-08T20:38:58

I found out that the XAML Build Definitions are being deprecated, so you cannot publish any builds higher than Azure SDK 2.8. You must upgrade to the hosted build:

In VS, go to team explorer > builds.
Under triggers, set it to manual. This will turn off the automatic XAML builds.
In Visual Studio Online, select your project.
Click builds.
Click the plus sign.
Select Visual Studio.
Create a new build definition.

Visual Studio Build - Azure 2.9 SDK

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