Skype is not completely gone to be honest. It had its’ end now in 2021 ( Source: Microsoft) This introduced better and more stabel video communication. It had its’ end in 2018 ( Source: Microsoft)Įfter Microsoft purchase of Skype they implemented new protocols and features in it’s release of Skype for Business in 2015. One Major improvement was a mobile app to make you mobile.

In a later update it even got persistan group chat. In 2011 Microsoft released to Lync as a successor, this had many improvements. It had it’s end in 2013 ( Source: Microsoft).

This tool had rich text chat and video meetings. Anyway, the story starts in 2005 when Microsoft released a tool with instant messaging, Voice of IP and video conferencing. Let’s begin at the first business focus communication tool, few might have even heard of it, there isn’t even a dedicated Wikipedia article in english, although a draft exists in french. Let’s go back and look the development of Communication in Microsoft Office. This is the end of another era, but it isn’t the first.

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