Microsoft purchased Skype for $8.5 billion, deepening the company’s longstanding focus on real-time video and voice communications, and providing new market opportunities serving Skype’s 160-plus million active users
Skype became integrated into Microsoft technologies such as Xbox and Windows devices, and Skype users were able to connect with Lync, Outlook, Xbox Live and other communities. The purchase allowed Microsoft to more easily connect callers to the phone system and provide one-on-one video chat.
