Error "Access denied" when you try to open the Intune blade in the Azure portal

After you set up a new Intune tenant to use with Intune or a third-party MDM solutions, you experience the following issues:

• When you try to open the Intune blade, you receive the following error message:

  Access denied

  You do not have access

  Looks like you don't have access to this content. To get access, please contact the owner.

  

• When you try to open the App protection policies blade, you receive the following error message:

  Bad Request

  Request not applicable to target tenant.

  

To fix the issue, follow these steps:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal as a global administrator.
2. Go to Azure Active Directory > Enterprise Applications > Microsoft Intune > Properties.
3. Set Enabled for users to sign-in? to Yes, then select Save.
4. Wait 1–24 hours for the tenant to re-onboard and complete activation before you retry.