<ul><li>Microsoft is shutting down Skype on May 5, 2025, after acquiring it 14 years ago.</li><li>Skype users have 10 weeks to decide on migrating to Microsoft Teams or exporting their data.</li><li>The decline of Skype began following the introduction of Microsoft Teams in 2016.</li><li>Teams was positioned as a collaboration platform integrating various Microsoft apps, leading to Skype's phasing out.</li><li>Microsoft stopped letting Skype users add credit in December 2024, pushing towards monthly subscriptions.</li><li>Teams' growth and consumer adoption influenced the decision to discontinue Skype in favor of Teams.</li><li>Microsoft is encouraging users to transition to Teams Free, offering new features but lacking some functionalities of Skype.</li><li>Legacy Skype users with credit can continue dialing through a Skype Dial Pad in Teams.</li><li>Skype users can migrate data to Teams app, with the option to export data manually if preferred.</li><li>Skype will retain user data until the end of 2025 if users take no action, after which it will be deleted.</li></ul>

Microsoft hangs up on Skype: service to shut down May 5, 2025

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