{"id":5392,"date":"2024-02-28T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T23:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vkd.nl\/?p=5392"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:28:31","slug":"microsoft-stopt-met-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vkd.nl\/en\/microsoft-stopt-met-skype\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is shutting down Skype"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5392\" class=\"elementor elementor-5392\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-263451ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"263451ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bbc27c3\" data-id=\"1bbc27c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f574b2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f574b2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sc-eaf3008e-1 jynOom\"><p id=\"679587352177285\" class=\"sc-aa4bb49d-0 vPnaS\">Communications service Skype is shutting down after 22 years. On May 5, 2025, Microsoft, which acquired the service 14 years ago, will pull the plug. Microsoft has chosen to continue only with Teams, a platform that is mainly used by companies. Skype users will soon be dependent on that too.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"sc-eaf3008e-1 jynOom\"><p id=\"329044599629720\" class=\"sc-aa4bb49d-0 vPnaS\">Skype was founded in 2003 by Swedish IT entrepreneur Niklas Zennstr\u00f6m and his Danish business partner Janus Friss. Skype made it possible to make video calls over the internet. At its peak, the platform had 300 million users. It is not clear how many users the platform still has. In 2023, there were 36 million.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communicatiedienst Skype stopt er na 22 jaar mee. Op 5 mei 2025 trekt Microsoft, dat de dienst 14 jaar geleden overnam, de stekker eruit. Microsoft kiest ervoor om alleen door te gaan met Teams, een platform dat vooral door bedrijven wordt gebruikt. Skype-gebruikers zijn daar straks ook op aangewezen. 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