Skype never really made sense in a world where Microsoft wants everyone to use Teams. I don’t know for sure how this sort of thing works, but I imagine there was a meeting once where someone convinced Microsoft’s CEO at the time,

The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship videoconferencing and team applications platform. Skype users will be able to use their existing accounts to log into Teams.

To encourage this transition, Microsoft will soon allow users to sign in to the free version of Teams with their Skype username and password. By using the same credentials, users will be able to access their existing chats and contacts if they want to pick up where they left off.