(Finance) – Microsoftthe US giant of information technology, communicated that He will close Skype in May 2025 to focus on Microsoft Teamswhich will be the only communication and collaboration hub of the group.
The choice was made “To simplify our free communications offers for consumersin order to adapt to customer needs more easily, “wrote Jeff TEper, President, collaborative apps and platforms at Microsoft on the company blog.
“With Teams, users have access to many of the same main features They use in Skype, such as individual and group calls, messaging and file sharing – he explained – also, Teams offers advanced features such as meeting hosting, calendar management and creation and joining community for free “.
In the next few days, Microsoft will provide the Possibility for Skype users to access Teams (free version) on any supported device using their credentials Skype. During the transition period, Teams users can call and chat with Skype users and Skype users can do the same with Teams users. If the user prefers not to migrate to Teams, he can instead export his data, including chat, contacts and call history.
Founded in 2003, Skype quickly shocked the sector of fixed telephone lines in the early 2000s, representing for many years the main way in which people were video calling. In recent years, however, he has struggled to keep up with easier rivals to use as Zoom O Slack. When Microsoft bought Skype in 2011 for 8.5 billion dollars, the service had about 150 million monthly users; In 2020 they had dropped to 23 million, despite a short recovery during the pandemic.