Sell Minecraft: Education Edition subscriptions to education customers

Appropriate roles: Sales agent | Admin agent

Partners who work with education institutions can offer Minecraft: Education Edition subscriptions to them. You purchase the subscription on the customer's behalf in Partner Center, and then the customer downloads the software from the Microsoft Store for Education.

Important

To sell education offers to education customers, you must be enrolled in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program and be an Authorized Education Provider (AEP). Additionally, your customer must be a Qualified Education User.

Buy Minecraft: Education Edition on behalf of your customer

Follow the steps below to buy Minecraft: Education Edition subscriptions in the Partner Center (sign in required):

  1. Select Customers from the Partner Center menu.

  2. Select your education customer from your customer list. Selecting a customer loads their Subscriptions page. Select Add new.

  3. Choose Segment: Education in the Discover section.

  4. Identify the Minecraft subscription you want to buy on behalf of your customer and enter the number of licenses. Select Add to Cart and then select Review to view the product(s) in your cart and continue with the checkout process.

  5. Choose the Term and Billing frequency for the product(s). You can also choose to align the subscription's end date with other offers the customer might have.

    Note

    You'll be able to see and manage these licenses in Partner Center. Your customer will see and manage these licenses from their inventory on the Minecraft Education page (you must be signed in to the Education Store to see the details page).

  6. If the order is correct, select Submit. If you need to make changes to the order, select Cancel and make the desired changes.

  7. After you've successfully bought the subscription, direct your education customer to their inventory on the Microsoft Education Store to download the software and distribute the licenses.

    If your customer needs more information about distributing software licenses to their users, see Get and deploy Minecraft Education: Distribute Minecraft Education.

For more information, visit Microsoft Education partners.