Azure diaries: can’t access KeyVault

Context: as a tenant administrator you can’t inspect KeyVault contents created by other people (“you are unauthorized to view these contents”).

Solution: assign yourself appropriate permissions like this:

Locate the KeyVault in the Azure portal:

1. go to “Access policies”
2. click “+Add Access Policy”
3. Key permissions: everything under “Key Management Operations” and “Cryptographic Operations”
4. Accordingly for key and certificate permissions
5. Select yourself as principal
6. Leave the Authorized application empty
7. Add
8. Save