Microsoft will be shutting down Skype, the company's telecommunications application, on 5 May 2025. In a statement on Friday (28 February), president of Microsoft 365 collaborative apps Jeff Teper said the company will be retiring Skype to focus on Microsoft Teams, its modern communications and collaboration hub.

Skype never really made sense in a world where Microsoft wants everyone to use Teams. I don’t know for sure how this sort of thing works, but I imagine there was a meeting once where someone convinced Microsoft’s CEO at the time,

Microsoft will soon switch off Skype, a pioneering telecom and video call platform that emerged from the rubble of the dotcom era.