End clap for Skype. After more than two decades of ups and downs for the video call platform, Microsoft officially closes the application. The platform, which has experienced considerable boom in the 2010s, has since become less attractive to competitors like Zoom and other messaging tools.
Marking the end of an era, the month of May marks the withdrawal of Skype, the loaned and hated messaging application of Microsoft. Skype’s death was long overdue, the aging platform struggling to follow competition, and the last sacraments can now be celebrated. Today, on May 5, Microsoft ends its activities.
From the start of team development, Microsoft was about to see Skype disappear, and this is precisely where the company hopes to see the former Skype users settling. But if the paid and non -paid users of Skype will have to find a new home, Skype Entreprise, meanwhile, last … for the moment.
If the end of the email service seems to be the ideal opportunity to turn to other solutions and seek a replacement with another supplier, Microsoft strongly hopes that its users will simply migrate to Microsoft Teams Free. The company strives to make the transfer process as fast and simple as possible, but admits that this change could lead to the loss of certain familiar features
However, Skype conversations and history will be automatically transferred to Teams, which prevents users from fear of data loss. The data can also be exported if necessary.
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