Windows Messenger is going down in history

Windows Live Messenger will officially retire on March 15 this year, when all users will be transferred to Skype, Microsoft announced.

Messenger will only be available in China in the future.

As the portal Mashable reminds, Microsoft bought Skype on October 11, 2011 at a price of 8,5 billion dollars.

Last November, Skype president Tony Bates confirmed in his blog that Messenger would be shut down in the first quarter of 2013.

Users who are logged in to Messenger will see a notification that they need to upgrade this application

The company is encouraging users to update Skype and sign in using their Microsoft account email and password, formerly known as Windows Live ID.

After that, all contacts from Messenger will appear on Skype.

Users who are logged in to Messenger will see a notification that they need to upgrade this application, and when they click on that notification, a Skype installation window will appear, after which Messenger will be uninstalled.

Until March 15, Messenger will work as before, and after that date users will no longer be able to log in and will be automatically transferred to Skype.