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 be retired on May 5th, and existing users will need to export their data or migrate to Teams.

Want to backup, export or download Skype Data? Move all your Skype chats, contacts, etc. to Teams. Learn how to migrate from Skype to Teams.

Microsoft is pivoting to support Teams instead. Microsoft 365 head Jeff Teper encouraged Skype users to migrate their Skype contacts to Teams.

Microsoft announced on Friday that it will be retiring Skype in May and putting all of its video conferencing resources into Microsoft Teams.

After over 22 years of being in service, Skype will be finally closing down on May 5, this year. Its replacement? That'll be Microsoft Teams, a much more business-oriented social app.

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype. Skype will remain online until May 5, giving users a limited window to decide: Move to Microsoft Teams or take their chat history and contacts elsewhere. The more time you give yourself to make the switch,

According to details within Skype's latest Windows preview build, Microsoft is planning to shutdown the long-lived video calling service.

Skype, the Microsoft-owned service that popularized making calls over the internet, is hanging up for good. In May, Microsoft will shutter Skype, which it bought in 2011 for $8.5 billion in what at the time was the biggest acquisition in the tech giant’s history.

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,