kudu: node.js deployment: Error MSB3428: Could not load the Visual C++ component "VCBuild.exe"

Issue: npm deployment produces the following error

remote: Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
remote: MSBUILD : error MSB3428: Could not load the Visual C++ component "VCBuild.exe". To fix this, 1) install the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK, 2) install Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 3) add the location of the component to the system path if it is installed elsewhere.  [D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\tsd\node_modules\bufferstream\node_modules\buffertools\build\binding.sln]

To reproduce:

• enable git for a azure web site
• clone locally
• add a package.json (see contents below)
• git push to trigger deployment

package.json

{
    "name": "s",
    "description": "s",
    "version": "0.6.0",
    "author": {
        "name": "Microsoft Corporation"
    },
    "private": true,
    "engines": { "node": ">= 0.10.0 < 0.11.0" },

    "dependencies": {
        "tsd": "*"
    }
}