[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] Microsoft will be shutting down Skype for good this year on May 5 after the video call service has been around for 21 years. The shutdown comes after the service had to deal with competition from other video call platforms such as Zoom and others.According to CNBC, the company announced on Friday that it would be shutting down Skype's operations and Jeff Teper, President of Microsoft 365 told the outlet in an interview, "We've learned a lot from Skype over the years that we've put into Teams as we've evolved teams over the last seven to eight years."
"But we felt like now is the time because we can be simpler for the market, for our customer base, and we can deliver more innovation faster just by being focused on Teams," Teper added.
The tech giant is encouraging Skype users to use Microsoft Teams as opposed to Skype as the video service comes to a close. Over the next few days, Microsoft will be allowing for those using the video call service to log onto Teams using their information stored on Skype. All credits that customers have bought or subscriptions will move over to Teams.