Microsoft has officially announced that it will discontinue support for Skype in May 2025.
Microsoft has officially confirmed that it will end support for Skype in May 2025. Users are invited to switch to Microsoft Teams, which has long been the company's priority platform, writes Securitylab.
The message about the closure of Skype was detected in the latest test version of the program for Windows. It reads: "Starting in May, Skype will no longer be available. Continue calling and chatting in Teams."
The app also tells users that some of their contacts have already switched to Teams Free. Microsoft Teams is becoming the company's primary communications platform for both businesses and consumers.
Skype was launched in 2003. In 2011, the service was acquired by Microsoft and began to actively promote it, even closing Windows Live Messenger for this.
In 2015, the company tried to integrate Skype into Windows 10 by creating separate programs for video calls, messages, and regular calls. But nine months later, this was abandoned, returning to the classic Win32 version.
In 2017, Microsoft launched Teams, which was built on Skype technologies. The company actively promoted a new collaboration platform, making it a matter of time before Skype was shut down.
When Windows 11 came out in 2021, a free version of Teams was built into the system instead of Skype. This was another signal that Microsoft is abandoning the old messenger.
Now it's official: from May 2025, users will start receiving notifications about the need to switch to Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft has not yet given an official comment on the final closure of Skype, but the decision to end support has already been made.
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