Skype to close

[king arthur]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7vxlrvxyeo

A great Microsoft success story.

[InitialDave]

Well, that's bloody annoying, I just stuck a bit of money on my balance for it! Ah well, only a fiver.

[jeremyc]

I think I'm correct in saying Skype for Business became Teams, so this is the logical step to sunset the consumer service and move users to Teams.

I'd say their acquisition is probably a success given the prevelance of Teams.

[the-photographer]

Any recommendations for an alternative? Use Teams at work and don't want to mix work and pleasure

[SP_]

the-photographer said:

Any recommendations for an alternative? Use Teams at work and don't want to mix work and pleasure

Google Meet, personal Teams

[fat80b]

jeremyc said:

I think I'm correct in saying Skype for Business became Teams, so this is the logical step to sunset the consumer service and move users to Teams.

I'd say their acquisition is probably a success given the prevelance of Teams.

It wasn't quite the case that Skype -> Skype for Business -> Microsoft Teams;

The architecture was completely different between all 3 and the (video and audio) codecs used in each were also quite different (both audio and video) as was the way the streams were routed and composed on screen.
The only thing that carried across from Skype to Skype for Business really was the name. (Skype for Business was more of a rebrand / continuation of Microsoft Lync / Office communicator which had no relationship to the Skype acquisition).

That said the MS Teams cloud architecture (AIUI) (if you squint a bit) looks way more like Skype than it does S4B - Although I believe that it was written by a completely new team in Microsoft at the time......

[rodericb]

the-photographer said:

Any recommendations for an alternative? Use Teams at work and don't want to mix work and pleasure

For the IP telephony and messaging functions? Or for the other things which Teams does? If it's the former then Whatsapp is very popular.....

[Riley Blue]

SP_ said:

the-photographer said:

Any recommendations for an alternative? Use Teams at work and don't want to mix work and pleasure

Google Meet, personal Teams

Depends on your need but I've been using Zoom since lockdown for family get-togethers.

[Arkose]

rodericb said:

the-photographer said:

Any recommendations for an alternative? Use Teams at work and don't want to mix work and pleasure

For the IP telephony and messaging functions? Or for the other things which Teams does? If it's the former then Whatsapp is very popular.....

WhatsApp for IP telephone ? we've have a Skype Phone number, I guess we'll need a new number

[InitialDave]

I've thrown my lot in with Zadarma for voip international calling duties.

[the-photographer]

rodericb said:

the-photographer said:

Any recommendations for an alternative? Use Teams at work and don't want to mix work and pleasure

For the IP telephony and messaging functions? Or for the other things which Teams does? If it's the former then Whatsapp is very popular.....

1-1 chat
Group chat
1-1 voice calling between clients no mobiles or landlines

Looks like I can choose from signal (but could close), Personal Teams (I see the client supports dual login), Whatsapp and Google

[extraT]

BlackBerry had their messaging system.
Apple has iMessage.
Microsoft need to bring back MSN messenger, add it to Windows, redevelop Windows OS for mobile with cross platform messaging. Make it open for iOS users as well.

[jbswagger]

is winpop a active these days

[eeLee]

You could expect that there will be a migration path from Skype, especially where Skype Out exists. After all, the M365 subscriptions come with 60 minutes Skype Out per month which I assume will appear on Team somehow. This saved me paying for calls to certain countries occasionally.

It's also full of spammers and scammers.

There are many better alternatives today in terms of quality and features. Many are low- to free-cost.