Microsoft retires the old Skype and focuses on the most rampant teams

Skype passes, but the video calls remain. As in the dicasteries, where the minister on duty can also be thrombus, but the “apparatus” remains intact. Today, however, it is a historic day: as …

Microsoft retires the old Skype and focuses on the most rampant teams


Skype passes, but the video calls remain. As in the dicasteries, where the minister on duty can also be thrombus, but the “apparatus” remains intact. Today, however, it is a historic day: as announced in fact at the end of February, Microsoft has retired Skype, the application that for 22 years has put the whole world in audio and video contact. Not without some (indeed, several) accidents of the route as all those who sacramented for the “dancers” connections that were and often came out, often frustrating hours of makeup and wig in front of the mirror to better appear in remote work meetings. But don’t worry. The Redmond company, the now boiled Skype, has now been defined on the most reactive Teams, already used by “320 million people”. About two months ago Skype users had already been invited to “carry out”, moving on Teams. Meanwhile, for the latecomers, still for a few days, if the Skype app is started on smartphones or computer, a notification will appear with the instructions to “proceed with the migration of the data”. All easy. At least for the smonettons. That they will not have certainly not to connect to the page and click on the “Download Teams” button “, then” Click the Download Teams for Windows or Download Teams for Mac “(based on the operating system that is used). After which – and here this is complicated -” Open the program’s Installer and follow the guided procedure to complete the installation by clicking on the buttons “Continue and install”. After the installation of Teams, login is made using your Skype credentials. In this way, all Skype chats will not be lost and will meet directly within Teams. For those who do not want to switch to Teams, there is no shortage of video call programs on the market.

Among these there is zoom (become popular with pandemic); Google Meet, integrated in the Workspace Suite of the Californian company and the WhatsApp chats and Messenger. “Rich and abundant” offer. Like the ration in times of naja …