Skype discontinued, users switch to Microsoft Teams

The Skype platform stopped working yesterday, Microsoft announced on its technical support.

Skype was the first platform to allow users to access free computer-to-computer audio and video calls worldwide since 2003 and brought landline and mobile calls to the internet.

Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011, and previously announced that it would end support for the platform in May and that user accounts would be transferred to the Microsoft Teams service.

As Microsoft stated, their goal is to simplify their offering for users and focus on their "powerful Teams business platform," to which millions of remaining Skype users will be redirected in the coming days.