Microsoft is pivoting to support Teams instead. Microsoft 365 head Jeff Teper encouraged Skype users to migrate their Skype contacts to Teams.

Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the service that once helped put video calling on the map. The company announced on Friday it is retiring Skype in May as part of a broader effort to focus on Microsoft Teams,

Microsoft announced on Friday it will shutter the once-popular video calling service Skype in May and encouraged users to adopt a free version of its Teams service. The service will shut down roughly 14 years after Microsoft purchased it for $8.