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Skype is dying soon. Here’s how to migrate to Teams (or pick another app)
Microsoft is officially discontinuing the Skype messaging service on May 5, 2025. Apparently, there wasn’t enough user interest to keep the once-iconic video call app alive. If you’re one of the dwindling few who still uses Skype in 2025,
Goodbye Skype, hello Teams: How Microsoft is making the switch easy
To encourage this transition, Microsoft will soon allow users to sign in to the free version of Teams with their Skype username and password. By using the same credentials, users will be able to access their existing chats and contacts if they want to pick up where they left off.
Microsoft shutting down Skype in May
Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online.
End of an era: Microsoft to shut down Skype, shifting users to Teams, 14 years after $8.5B deal
Microsoft confirmed Friday that it is officially retiring Skype in May and consolidating its consumer communication offerings into Microsoft Teams.
Skype to shutdown, Microsoft announces
Skype, a widely used video communication app for many, will be shutting down its service in May, its owner, Microsoft, announced today.
The last days of Skype: Time to switch to Teams - or say goodbye
As the sun slowly sets Skype, some two decades after it started a revolution in online communication, owner Microsoft is pointing the way to its remaining loyal users: Teams. The tech company wants to make it as easy as possible to switch over to its business-oriented communication platform and says it's working on a way to let people use their
Microsoft is shutting down Skype: Here’s how to transition to Teams smoothly
Microsoft is shutting down Skype after nearly two decades. The company revealed in late February that the platform will be discontinued on May 5 2025, meaning there are only a couple of months left until it is finally taken down.
Skype Tips: Skype is shutting down permanently in May, here's how to transfer your chats to Teams..
Skype is shutting down in May 2025 and if you are worried about losing your chats and data in your Skype account, then relax now. Because you can transfer your chats and data to Teams. You can easily transfer your chats and contacts without losing them.
Microsoft is retiring once-popular video app Skype to focus on Teams
Microsoft said that users will have the choice to either move to Microsoft Teams for free, or export their data from Skype.
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Microsoft is shutting down Skype after buying it 14 years ago for $8.5 billion
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End nears for internet calling pioneer Skype as Microsoft plans shutdown
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Microsoft to terminate Skype messaging app in May
Microsoft announced Friday that it will be shutting down the messaging service Skype on May 5. The software company, CNBC ...