This will take you through our installer flow to install Skype and automatically uninstall Messenger. When you click on the banner, an installer window will open with the request to upgrade. If you are signed in with Messenger on your desktop you will see a banner notification to upgrade. Messenger will continue to work as you know it today. So, what’s happening between now and 15th March?.On 15 March the service will get expired and all your Messenger contacts will be Transferred to your Skype account.” Here is a snapshot of the original message being sent by Live team:Įmail also contains some important things as they follow: To help people migrate before 15 March, Microsoft has been sending e-mails to its Messenger users, asking them to upgrade to Skype as soon as possible, along with a thorough set of instructions to do the same. The text of the mail says-” It’s time to Update Messenger to Skype. The Redmond, Washington-based technology giant announced in November that it was shutting down Messenger in favour of merging users into Skype. The transition began late last year with the release of Skype 6.0 software that lets people sign in to the online communication service using Microsoft accounts. The service switch is a consequence of Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype in October 2011 for $8.5bn (£5.3bn). ) on15 March 2013 and users have to shift to Skype. Microsoft confirms to turn off its Windows Live Messenger service globally (except for China where Messenger will continue to be available, because it is run under licence there.

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