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Microsoft shutting down Skype in May

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Microsoft is closing down Skype , the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 .

The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams , its flagship videoconferencing platform.

Skype users will be able to use their existing accounts to log into Teams.

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