mincraft bedrock server - You need to authenticate with microsoft services

Anonymous
2019-11-20T06:48:35+00:00

Has anyone found a solution to hosting a Minecraft bedrock server (which has worked fine for a long time), all of a sudden showing the error message 'You need to authenticate with Microsoft services'

tried:

  • signing out and in again
  • restarting server
  • turning server into offline / back into online
  • reinstalling Minecraft app on my PC
  • checked logs and confirmed full access to the internet for server

suggestions?

kind regards

rob

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Gaming

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Anonymous
2020-06-04T03:23:54+00:00

The Bedrock server executable must be run with administrator permissions.

Right-click bedrock_server.exe

Click Properties

Click Compatibility

Click Change settings for all users

Click to select "Run this program as an administrator"

Click OK twice.

-Forjo

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Anonymous
2020-05-06T23:16:47+00:00

So I had this issue too,

The fix of taking the server worked for connecting offline but then my GF couldn't connect from her place. So I had to set it back to "true" and try another fix.

I restarted the Xbox (as opposed to turning it off and on as I use the instant on setting so powering off doesn't actually work as a way of resetting it as it never really turns off)

I'm not sure if that was actually what fixed it or not as the following also changed

I opened Xbox companion on the PC running the server (not sure how that would have changed anything though)

I tinkered with my Xbox privacy settings (not sure how that would have made a difference either) 

I drank a can of coke (I am 100% sure that wasn't what fixed it but include it so as to be thorough) :)

If it happens again il come back and add further info to the post if not, consider it as having Perma fixed the issue for me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-05-11T05:07:54+00:00

    Honestly this has been such a huge pain for me. I've done the same things you have and it's just not working no matter what I do. I can see why people just use java. It saves the big pain of having to jump through Microsoft's endless hoops.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-05-11T19:27:22+00:00

    My solution was in the form of syncing my unRaid server with the internet date and time.  My date and time was off my 3 minutes and this bugs page on mojangs site suggest I sync it with an NTP server and lo and behold, I'm working again.

    https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/BDS-3269  Here is the page in question.

    I now have a functioning bedrock server in my unraid docker thanks to this fix.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-12T02:36:30+00:00

    I've tried this, and it hasn't fixed it.

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