v11.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets was not found when file actually references v10

I had the same issue. Fixed by going through above listed solutions. The issue is caused because appropriate version of Visual Studio Tools (BuildTools) is not available on the Build server. As rightly pointed above, this can be resolved by installing BuildTools but is not the option in my case.

Here is another alternative - use Nuget

Install-Package MSBuild.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.targets -Version 14.0.0.3

Identify the start up project and Install the web.targets based on the version of Visual studio being used.
The following files will be modified which includes the required changes

In packages.config:

<package id="MSBuild.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.targets" version="14.0.0.3" targetFramework="net45" />

In .csproj:

<Import Project="..\packages\MSBuild.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.targets.14.0.0.3\build\MSBuild.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.targets.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\MSBuild.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.targets.14.0.0.3\build\MSBuild.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.targets.props')" />

<Import Project="..\packages\MSBuild.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.targets.14.0.0.3\tools\VSToolsPath\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\MSBuild.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.targets.14.0.0.3\tools\VSToolsPath\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets')" />

Hope this helps!!! Good Luck,

Cheers,

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