📺 Today’s Episode: The Fall of Skype

Madrid, April 6, 2025.

In 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype, but it failed to evolve with the demands of collaborative work. While Skype competed with tools like Zoom, Slack, and Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, launched in 2017, absorbed Skype’s capabilities and reinvented itself as an integrated platform for collaboration and productivity by seamlessly integrating with Microsoft 365.

➡️Key takeaways for businesses:

✔️Adapting to the market: Skype couldn’t stay competitive against more dynamic, collaboration-focused platforms like Slack and Zoom. Teams, fully integrated into the Microsoft ecosystem.

✔️Solution integration: Teams offers more than just video calls; it’s a complete solution for remote collaboration, project management, and teamwork. Against its competitors, Teams positions itself as the central hub for enterprise productivity.

✔️Continuous innovation: With Teams, Microsoft is now ready to effectively compete against platforms like Slack for communication and Zoom for video calls, offering a more robust, all-in-one solution.

🕵Personally, I used the tool for many years and never had a complaint—it was truly a pioneer. But now, in technology, a minute of delay in creating, evolving, or adapting is equivalent to a second closer to obsolescence. Thank you Skype👏

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