Skype was one of Microsoft’s weirdest acquisitions and the product is finally put to rest with a transition to Teams (free). The end for Skype was first rumored in XDA Developers and then reported all over the world. Microsoft reacted with a blog post, explaining the transition.
The Skype branding saga is not as bad as Google’s messaging history. It was the first really good internet voice application, the ability to call international 800 numbers very useful, but the rebranding of enterprise messaging as Skype for Business was just confusing.
Just three years ago, I rediscovered Skype for two use cases:
- It was the best ad hoc meeting service with skype.com/meetnow – no sign-up required but quite usable with a Microsoft ID.
- Chat with transparent translation. I was able to write messages in my own language and Skype would translate for my friends in Italy, Japan or Taiwan. My friends just had to declare their favorite language and that’s what they got from me. It wasn’t perfect but serviceable.
What happens next? Skype will migrate your contacts and chats into Teams. Skype was already running on a Teams infrastructure and I was only missing my Skype contacts.
Things will still be awkward between Teams with your company ID, and Teams with your private Microsoft ID. And I have a hunch that people want to leave their company tools behind when they switch from Innie to Outie.
In skype konnte man ja bisher beliebig lange miteinander sprechen.
teams(free) scheint auf 60min beschränkt zu sein.
Wird sich das ändern? Oder hat man jetzt als bisheriger skype user dann Pech?
Seht gute Frage, auf die ich keine Antwort weiß. Ich frag mal Microsoft.