why so difficult to buy / access Minecraft Education Edition?

Steel Tormentor

• December 30, 2022 21:02
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I downloaded MEE about 3 weeks ago and my kid is loving it and has even started coding using Python because of it. Since then I have been trying to figure out how to buy MEE license account in order for my kid to have full access, because for now we can only access the demo lessons.

 

I have read these resources:

For IT administrators get Minecraft Education Edition - Windows Education | Microsoft Learn

Tried to create or buy an Education account but I can't because my country is not in it:

Free Microsoft Office 365 for Schools & Students | Microsoft Education

 

I have spent the last 3 weeks to try and buy MEE to no avail.

The circle is like this:

1. MEE requires Office 365 education

2. Tried to create an account for Office 365 education --> failed because my country is not in the list.

 

Okay so I tried to buy MEE commercial, couldn't as well because when I input my phone number I always got stuck there and unable to proceed.

Minecraft Education for Commercial - Sign up (microsoft.com)

 

Please someone help. My daughter (8 years old) found a new love for programming thanks to MEE and I don't want the fire to die out because of this incredible difficulty just to buy an MEE license.

 

Cheers!

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  Dominick Support

  • December 30, 2022 21:22

  

  I am sorry to hear you are running into this issue. Can you us know if one of the listed locations in these articles matches your location: Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education overview (Windows 10) | Microsoft Learn, Microsoft 365 and Office 365 International Availability? Thank you for trying those steps and let me know any specific error messages you are receiving. 

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  Steel Tormentor

  • December 30, 2022 21:31
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  Hi Dominick,

  Thanks for connecting.

  Yes I can see my country in the list for both links. 

  In the first link: it's one of the supported countries for free and paid products.

  In the second link about international availability: there are 7 matches when I searched for my country and it's there for everything about Microsoft 365.

   

  What's next?

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  Dominick Support

  • December 30, 2022 21:53

  

  We can open up a ticket and try gathering more details about your location and why this issue might be happening. 

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