Education Edition 1.0.0

1.0 was the first non-development release of, adding all the exclusive features and features from Windows 10 Edition. It was officially launched on November 1, 2016. It is available for purchase in 11 languages and 50 countries around the world.

Additions

 * All features from Windows 10 Edition Beta 0.16.0
 * Leads and horses, additional player skins, pistons and the remainder of Redstone functionality and an updated user interface.

General

 * Classroom Mode
 * Simple, Secure Sign-In
 * Individual student and teacher logins help identify each player in the game, and ensure data privacy & security while playing Minecraft: Education Edition.
 * Single sign-on (SSO) capabilities are supported, so no additional passwords or accounts are required.

Blocks

 * Chalkboards
 * Comes in 3 sizes
 * Can be written on like signs, but can display more text
 * Allow and Deny blocks
 * Used to create restricted building areas
 * Allow blocks allow users without the world builder status to place blocks above them
 * Only users with the world builder status can place blocks above deny blocks

Items

 * Portfolio
 * Can be used to save photos taken by the camera

Entities

 * Camera
 * An entity that can capture images.
 * Collections of pictures can be saved with the portfolio.
 * Non-Player Characters (NPC)
 * Mobs, which a similar look to villagers
 * Will show a "talk" button if the player taps on them