Set up Minecraft: Education Edition on Chromebooks

For administrators who manage Chromebooks for a school.

As an admin, you can use your Google Admin console to deploy Minecraft: Education Edition to your managed users on Chromebooks. Then, users can learn, play, and collaborate using Minecraft: Education Edition.

Before you begin

• You need a Minecraft: Education Edition license for each user that you want to deploy the app to. For information, check the Minecraft: Education Edition support website.
• Users can sign in to the Minecraft: Education Edition app in 3 ways:
  • Users can sign in to their Chromebook with their Google Account. Then they manually sign in to the app using their Microsoft account. To avoid needing to sign in every time, users can save their Microsoft username and password in the Minecraft app.
  • Users can be automatically signed into the app on their Chromebook with their Google Account if you use SAML Federation to link their Microsoft account (as service provider) to their Google Account (as identity provider).
  • Users can sign in to their Chromebook and the app with their Microsoft account if you use SAML Federation to link their Google account (as service provider) to their Microsoft account (as identity provider).
• Apps are deployed to users based on the organizational unit that they belong to. So, users can use approved apps, including Minecraft:Education Edition, if they sign in to Chromebooks that are not enrolled to your domain using their managed Google Account.
• Don’t use Minecraft: Education Edition on devices that are configured to erase all local user info, settings, and state after each sign-out. In other words, devices that are in ephemeral mode.
• We recommend that you use the Minecraft: Education Edition app on Chromebooks that have at least 4GB of memory and are assigned to a single student (vs. shared carts).
• To make settings for a specific group of users or enrolled Chrome browsers, put the user accounts or browsers in a group or organizational unit. Only user accounts can be added to groups. For details, see Groups and Add an organizational unit.

Install Minecraft: Education Edition

Step 1: Ensure that managed Google Play is enabled

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  Apps.
3. Click Additional Google services.
4. To apply the setting to everyone, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
5. Confirm that Service Status for Managed Google Play is set to On.

Step 2: Enable Android apps

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. From the Admin console Home page, go to DevicesChrome.
3. Click Apps & extensionsUsers & browsers.
4. (Users only) To apply the setting to a group, do the following:
   1. Select Groups.
   2. Select the group to which you want to apply the setting.
5. To apply the setting to everyone, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
6. On the far right, click Additional settings .
7. For Android applications on ChromeOS devices, select Allow.
8. (Optional) For Android reporting for users and devices, select Enable Android reporting.
9. Click Save.

Step 3: Install Minecraft: Education Edition

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. From the Admin console Home page, go to DevicesChrome.
3. Click Apps & extensionsUsers & browsers.
4. (Users only) To apply the setting to a group, do the following:
   1. Select Groups.
   2. Select the group to which you want to apply the setting.
5. To apply the setting to everyone, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
6. Add the Minecraft: Education Edition app:
   1. Click AddAdd from Google Play.
   2. Search for and click Minecraft: Education Edition.
   3. Click Select.
   4. Accept the Terms and Conditions to add the app.
7. In the list of apps and extensions, find Minecraft: Education Edition.
8. Under Installation policy, choose an option:
   • Allow install—Lets users install Minecraft: Education Edition. (recommended)
   • Force install—Installs Minecraft: Education Edition automatically and prevents users from removing it.
   • Force install + pin—Installs Minecraft: Education Edition automatically and pins it to the taskbar.
9. Click Save.

What to tell your users

Fix Minecraft: Education Edition issues

Related topics

• Set ChromeOS device policies
• Set Chrome policies for users or browsers
• Guidelines for deploying Android apps on Chromebooks
• Deploy Android apps to managed users on Chromebooks
• Chromebook Help Center (for your users)