Sharing Minecraft with my family to simultaneously play under their own accounts

Hello!

Hope you are well. I'll be glad to assist you.

I understand that you want your children to be able to play Minecraft with their own accounts, using the purchase made from your main account. Unfortunately, it's not possible to share the license between accounts in the same family group, even if they're on the same PC and in the same Microsoft Family group.

Microsoft family groups are only used to set parental control rules such as spending limits, content restrictions, play time, etc. They're not used to share licenses.

I hope the information has been clear, I will be attentive to any questions you may have.

Best Regards.

Yes they can. Each user will have their own game saves and can play simultaneously. All what you need to do is create a family group for your Microsoft account and each user will need their own Microsoft account. Once the family group is created you then simply need to login to the PC as the user you want to share the game with and open the Microsoft Store to download the game.

My wife and I have the family pack. her account is the primary account. I bought and downloaded minecraft on her profile. My son just got his own xbox. I downloaded her profile and game to his xbox but it wont let him play under his gamertag. All three
gamertags are under the family pack. Is there a way to get him to be able to play minecraft on either xbox under his gamertag?

Hi Cardinal,

Im not sure about cross-play game sharing. but you can game share the account details as long as the accounts are shared on the xbox, it should work.

Here's a small guide to help

Microsoft Store
The Microsoft Store may be one of the most welcoming when it comes to sharing games with your friends and family. Similar to Steam, it allows you to share with up to five users on up to ten different devices.
However, unlike Steam you can play on multiple PCs simultaneously. My kids can both play Minecraft on their own PCs from the copy that I actually didn't purchase but received with an Xbox One Minecraft bundle, which is another side benefit of the Microsoft
Store. With Play Anywhere titles, you get the rights to play on both console and PC.

You will need to create a family group for your Microsoft account and each user will need their own Microsoft account, including children. You can manage the members in your family group here.

Once the family group is created you then simply need to login to the PC as the user you want to share the game with and open the Microsoft Store to download the game. Each user will have their own game saves
and, as mentioned, can play simultaneously. This approach should also work for other content on the Microsoft Store such as apps, movies, or TV shows.

Another bonus for parents is Microsoft will allow you to set screen time limits, location sharing, content filtering, and even send you a weekly report of your child's activities on their PC.

I'm aware the family plan is cancelled. Microsoft announced that you could have several accounts under a main or primary account. My question is can I run multiple consoles simultaneously with the different gamertags listed under that account and share digital
content. I have 4 gamertags currently and the family plan worked well for me, except for having to buy multiple games and dlc. When it was announced that I could consolidate and only have to pay for one live account that could share content, it sounded good
to me. But with my understanding there could be an issue for multiple consoles in the house now that they have changed there drm policy