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After kickstarting the market for making calls over the internet 23 years ago, Skype is closing down. Microsoft, which acquired the messaging and calling app 14 years ago, said it will be retiring it from active duty on May 5 to double down on Teams. Skype users have 10 weeks to decide what they want to do with their account.

It’s not clear how many people are impacted. The most recent numbers that Microsoft had shared were in 2023, when it said it had more than 36 million users — a long way from Skype’s peak of 300 million users.

“We know this is a big deal for our Skype users, and we’re very grateful for their support of Skype and all the learnings that have factored into Teams over the last seven years,” Jeff Teper, president of Microsoft 365 collaborative Apps and platforms, told TechCrunch in an interview this week. “At this point, putting all our focus behind Teams will let us give a simpler message and drive faster innovation.”

Between now and May 5, users will have the option to migrate all their contacts and chat data over to Microsoft’s Teams platform. Alternatively, users can download their Skype data using the app’s built-in export tool. . .

>After kickstarting the market for making calls over the internet 23 years ago, Skype is closing down. Microsoft, which acquired the messaging and calling app 14 years ago, said it will be retiring it from active duty on May 5 to double down on Teams. Skype users have 10 weeks to decide what they want to do with their account. >It’s not clear how many people are impacted. The most recent numbers that Microsoft had shared were in 2023, when it said it had more than 36 million users — a long way from Skype’s peak of 300 million users. >“We know this is a big deal for our Skype users, and we’re very grateful for their support of Skype and all the learnings that have factored into Teams over the last seven years,” Jeff Teper, president of Microsoft 365 collaborative Apps and platforms, told TechCrunch in an interview this week. “At this point, putting all our focus behind Teams will let us give a simpler message and drive faster innovation.” >Between now and May 5, users will have the option to migrate all their contacts and chat data over to Microsoft’s Teams platform. Alternatively, users can download their Skype data using the app’s built-in export tool. . . [Archive](https://archive.today/6Rkpi)

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TIL Skype is still around. ;-)

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Remember when it was first released for mobiles? Yo dawg, we heard you like makin' phone calls so we put a phone in your phone so you could phone while you phone.

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I'm old enough to get that reference.

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I read not old enough...wow time to go home here.

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What's Skype?

Is it Bill Gates euthanasia pogrom?

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What's Skype?

Is it Bill Gates euthanasia pogrom?

It was an earlier form of Microsoft-based mind control. (Since updated to Teams.)

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My workplace had a Skype business account for our overseas users until midway last year. Now it's all teams.

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My workplace had a Skype business account for our overseas users until midway last year. Now it's all teams.

We split between WebEx and Teams, depending on what the client prefers to use.

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We had a mix of zoom and teams, but Microsoft just undercut zoom by such a huge margin it was no contest. I have no doubt they'll up the price once all their competitors are gone.

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Looks like we posted seconds apart. Yours is first.

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Happens often here. No problem! I accidentally did it myself to someone earlier. By the time I realized, I already had 4pts so I left it there. I found that even if you delete a post it remains in your post count for the last 24hrs.

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Waiting for Microsoft to announce the djt down date for Microsoft.

That would be nice.