Short version of the problem:
I\'m having difficulties including the assemblies my .NET Core Console App depends on.
Initially, the assemblies f
Not quite sure of the WebJobs specification, but you should be able to use dotnet publish --self-contained -r win-x64 -c Release to generate executable and its dependencies. Zip them up and you should be able to deploy to Azure.
There is really no need to modify your csproj like you did.
Besides, you can use .NET IL Linker to shrink the size of the generated folder.
Reference
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/deploy-with-cli#self-contained-deployment-with-third-party-dependencies