Microsoft Corp. said on Friday that it was killing off Skype, one of the first services to offer phone and video calls over the internet.
Skype was a vestige of the early-2000s tech boom and bust, and its current users will be transitioned over to free accounts on Microsoft Teams — the company’s preferred videoconferencing and workplace-communications tool, and a big rival to Salesforce Inc.’s
CRM+1.00% Slack. Skype officially will be retired in May.
