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Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May

From VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May
Date 2025-03-01 22:15 -0600
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"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
>
>> "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May
>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/28/microsoft-skype/
>>
>> As I recall, you had to buy SkypeOut minutes to get connected to
>> non-Skype users, like to landlines and mobile phones.  Does MS Teams
>> require similar purchase to connect to non-Teams endpoints with
>> landlines and mobile phones?
> 
> Connecting to a landline needed money, yes. I did this about two
> decades ago to phone across the pond for the cost of a local phone
> call instead of international. I don't know if there are currently
> alternatives to skype offering this service.

Microsoft is killing Skype, and telling its users to move to Teams.

In a reply by Jim, he cited articles saying MS Teams can make/receive
phone calls.  I did not much delve into the articles to check if such
calls are free.  With Skype, you had to buy SkypeOut minutes.  That
allowed access to the telco POPs (point of presences) that converted
from Internet (VOIP) to the telcos services (landline, mobile).

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/microsoft-teams-phone
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-teams/microsoft-teams-phone

There is a link to pricing, so you'll have to pay to get outside of the
VOIP system (i.e., have one endpoint *not* a VOIP client).  

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/what-is-phone-system-in-office-365

When I had an MS 365 subscription (for 5 years), a monthly quota of 60
minutes of SkypeOut was included as a perk (along with upping OneDrive
storage to 1 TB for each up to 6 linked accounts).  

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/how-do-i-activate-my-microsoft-365-skype-minutes-01bacd19-7133-4d4f-bbd5-11a839714fe4

With Skype now dying, I don't know what will happen to that 60-minute
SkypeOut perk.  The above article mentions you have to get a Microsoft
Calling Plan.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/calling-plans-for-office-365

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Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-03-01 00:41 +0100
  Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-28 22:54 -0600
    Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2025-03-01 08:40 +0100
      Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-01 02:36 -0600
      Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May Rink <rink.hof.haalditmaarweg@planet.nl> - 2025-04-03 17:17 +0200
    Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 16:12 +0000
      Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2025-03-01 18:14 +0000
        Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 18:45 +0000
          Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-02 03:39 +0100
      Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-01 12:35 -0600
        Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 19:11 +0000
          Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-01 13:35 -0600
            Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 21:01 +0000
              Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-02 03:49 +0100
                Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-02 14:24 +0000
        from skype to teams frank_n_2017 <frank_n_dale@yahoo.com> - 2025-03-01 23:26 +0100
          Re: from skype to teams Jim <noreply@invalid.com> - 2025-03-02 01:30 +0000
    Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-02 03:34 +0100
      Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-01 22:15 -0600
    Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-01 21:33 -0400
      Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-06 13:25 +0200
        Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-04-07 02:09 +0000
  Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-03-01 10:44 +0100
    Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-01 06:16 -0500
    Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-01 12:36 -0600
      Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-03-02 11:24 +0100
        Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-02 14:07 -0600
          Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-03-02 22:16 +0100
            Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-02 22:29 -0600
              Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-03 08:30 +0100
                Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-03 03:03 -0600
                Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-03 03:54 -0600
                Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-03 11:03 +0100
                Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-03 11:01 +0100
          Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-03-02 22:16 +0100
            Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-02 22:31 -0600
              Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-03-03 17:21 +0100
                Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-03 16:53 +0000
                Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-03-04 15:07 +0100
                Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-03 14:14 -0600
  Re: Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2025-03-01 23:00 +0800

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