Unable to load the imported module named Diagnostics.

Question

VS 2013 build fails with the following error:

C: \ Program Files (x86) \ MSBuild \ Microsoft \ VisualStudio \ v12.0 \ Windows Azure Tools \ 2.5 \ Microsoft.WindowsAzure.targets (684.5): error: CloudServices58: Unable to load the imported module named "Diagnostics" .

ServiceDefinition.csdef file:

 <ServiceDefinition name="MYWEBPROJECTNAME.Azure" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceDefinition" schemaVersion="2014-06.2.4"> <WebRole name="MYWEBPROJECTNAME" vmsize="Small"> <Imports> <Import moduleName="Diagnostics" /> </Imports> </WebRole> </ServiceDefinition> 

I tried reinstalling the Azure SDK 2.5 from here http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/ for VS 2013, and this did not help.

UPDATE

It breaks into

  <ValidateServiceFiles ServiceDefinitionFile="@(SourceServiceDefinition)" ServiceConfigurationFile="@(SourceServiceConfiguration)"> </ValidateServiceFiles> 

The ValidateServiceFiles task calls Microsoft.ServiceHosting.Tools.MSBuildTasks.ImportResolver and cannot find the Diagnostics module. A task gets its modules from an array of ImportedModules elements.

UPDATE 2

There seems to be some problem with installing VS 2012/2013. When running "VS2012 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt" ( %comspec% /k ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"" x86 ), msbuild displayed this error. The same thing when starting the "Microsoft Azure Command Prompt - v2.5" ( C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /E:ON /V:ON /K "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\.NET SDK\v2.5\\bin\setenv.cmd" ).

C: \ SOMEPATH \ MYWEBPROJECTNAME.Azure.ccproj (72.3): error MSB4019: Imported project "C: \ Program Files (x86) \ MSBuild \ Microsoft \ VisualStudio \ v11.0 \ Windows Azure Tools \ 2.5 \ Microsoft.WindowsAzure .targets "not found. Verify that the path in the declaration is correct and that the file exists on disk.

Removing VS 2012 and repairing VS 2013 did not help.

Answer 1

I had to remove an element from my csdef file in order to get my project to compile. Then I followed this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn186185.aspx#BK_Migration

Answer 2

The dialog approach to Azure SDK 2.4 and Azure SDK 2.5 uses a diagnostic method. You can read about the changes at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn186185.aspx#BK_Migration . However, I did not have the code that affected the change, but there ServiceDefinition.csdef had an import for diagnostics.

  <Imports> <Import moduleName="Diagnostics" /> <Import moduleName="RemoteAccess" /> <Import moduleName="Caching" /> </Imports> 

The error was supported in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.targets. Since I did not have any code dependent on these modules, I just commented on the two links and everything that was beautifully built.