Microsoft will phase out Windows Live Messenger, its consumer instant messaging platform, over the next several months as its users are moved to Skype, the company announced this week. Microsoft hopes to smooth the transition to Skype for Live Messenger users by allowing them to log in to Skype with their Microsoft ID so that contacts in one program will automatically transfer to the other. The move to Skype will be beneficial to Live Messenger users, said Microsoft spokesperson Dani Reese.
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Microsoft to Kill the Messenger, Supplant It With Skype
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. November 7, 2012 11:03 AMMicrosoft will phase out Windows Live Messenger, its consumer instant messaging platform, over the next several months as its users are moved to Skype, the company announced this week. Microsoft hopes to smooth the transition to Skype for Live Messenger users by allowing them to log in to Skype with their Microsoft ID so that contacts in one program will automatically transfer to the other. The move to Skype will be beneficial to Live Messenger users, said Microsoft spokesperson Dani Reese.