Skype has been the go-to calling app for many, for decades. Well, it’s time to move on because in May, Microsoft is shuttering the popular app and moving users to Microsoft Teams. If that sounds alarming, don’t worry, we’ve got details of what you need to do.
Jeff Teper, president of Microsoft 365 collaborative apps and platforms, in an interview with The Verge offered this advice. “Skype users will be in control; they’ll have the choice. They can migrate their conversation history and their contacts out and move on if they want, or they can migrate to Teams,” he said
If you want to do this, the place you’ll be exporting to is the free version of Microsoft Teams for consumers.
Microsoft is “shuttering Skype to focus on developing new features for Teams, including artificial intelligence tools, Teper said. The company is working to infuse AI into its product suite, while keeping a lid on spending that isn’t part of that effort,” according to Matt Day at Bloomberg.
That report says that the 300 million monthly users Skype had in 2016, that had dropped to 36 million by 2023.
Moving to Teams means that you’ll be able to export your data including photos and conversation history. There’s also a tool made by Microsoft to easily view existing Skype chat history if you decide against moving to Teams.
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