@Ray, Thorsten , Thanks for posting in Q&A. From your description, I know we get no access when set MDM authority. And the account is Global Administrator with Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 license. For this issue, I suggest open case to look into the issue:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/get-support
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