Azure Cloud Service Publish Fails with "The server encountered an internal error. Please retry the request."
<p>I can't find much about this error online, one article says it is network related and resolves itself in a few hours but it has been days I still cannot publish to Azure. The exact same configuration worked in the past. What could cause this error?</p>

<p>From the log it seems that the package is uploaded successfully, but then some error is occurring when creating the VM I think. See below. Where would I even begin to look for more details beyond such a simple error message?</p>

<pre><code>7:23:17 PM - Connecting...
7:23:17 PM - Verifying storage account 'abc'...
7:23:18 PM - Uploading Package...
7:23:38 PM - Updating...
7:24:09 PM - The server encountered an internal error. Please retry the request.
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