Skype, Teams and Microsoft

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.
Skype Will Shut Down on May 5, As Microsoft Shifts to Teams
Microsoft is pivoting to support Teams instead. Microsoft 365 head Jeff Teper encouraged Skype users to migrate their Skype contacts to Teams.
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
Say goodbye to Skype: Microsoft reportedly shutting it down soon
Microsoft users who still rely on Skype may soon have to find a different chat and calling service. A message inside the latest preview of Skype for Windows warns that the app will be retired in May.
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.
On May 5, Microsoft’s Skype will shut down for good
This morning, Microsoft has confirmed to Ars that it's true. May 5, 2025, will mark the end of Skype's long run.
Microsoft Plans to Kill Skype, but Did It Ever Truly Live?
Continue your calls and chats in Teams.” That explicitly spells out the plans for Skype’s deprecation in favor of Microsoft’s ...
Skype is shutting down after two decades
Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the internet-based phone and video service that was once the dominant way of staying ...
Microsoft confirms it's killing off Skype in May, after 14 years
Microsoft has confirmed that the Skype video call and messaging service will be shut down in May, 14 years after replacing ...
Microsoft is killing Skype after 14 years of neglect
In a move that will likely surprise no one, it appears Microsoft is gearing up to shut down Skype in the coming months.
Throwback: 22 Years of Skype (Premium)
Microsoft revealed the inevitable and announced it would finally kill Skype. So let's take a walk through the history.
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Microsoft is killing off Skype in favour of Teams, Windows 11 and Android references confirm
Skype is going away after being bloated with ads, as well as MSN feed and, recently, Copilot. App will be removed in May 2025 ...
Skype is shutting down in just over two months — what you need to know
Veteran video call app Skype will apparently be fully switched off by May this year, according to a string of code in the ...
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Microsoft Announces Closure of Skype
Microsoft recently announced that it will shut down the video-calling service Skype in May this year. Read More: Meet the ...