Rajeev Pentyala – Technical Blog on Power Platform, Azure and AI

While publishing a C# Azure Function from Visual Studio, I encountered the following error: The attempt to publish the ZIP file through XXXXX failed.

Reason and Fix:

• As an initial step in troubleshooting the issue, I verified that my user account has been granted Contributor access, so there doesn’t appear to be any access-related issues.

• As the next step, I tried browsing the Azure Function URL and received a 403 – Forbidden error. This indicates that I don’t have access to the Advanced Tools site (i.e., Kudu Services).
• Kudu is the Source Control Management (SCM) tool built into Azure App Services and serves as the underlying deployment engine.

• When I checked under Settings > Networking > Public network access, it was set to Disabled
• Enabling the setting as shown below fixed the issue, and I was then able to successfully publish the Azure Function from Visual Studio.

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