Azure deployment failing due to NetFx451

Question

While deploying your project to azure you receive the error

Azure Deployment: The feature named NetFx451 that is required by the uploaded package is not available in the OS * chosen for the deployment.

Answer 1

To fix this error update your *.cscfg files in your azure project. In each file you will find osFamily="3" (can be something else) change this to osFamily="4".

Publish your project again and it should now deploy

Answer 2

For .Net 4.6.1 You need to select osFamily="5" inside your *.cscfg files and run these instructions