Microsoft said Friday (Feb. 28) that it will retire Skype in May and focus on Microsoft Teams as its communications and collaboration hub. This move will allow the company to streamline its free consumer communications offerings and more easily adapt to customer needs, Jeff Teper, president, collaborative apps and platforms...
Microsoft has reportedly told European Union officials that it’s willing to charge for Teams. The offer is meant to address the concerns of the EU’s competition regulator and help the company avoid an antitrust investigation, Reuters reported Thursday (May 4), citing unnamed sources. Reached for...
Businesses using Microsoft Teams can now accept payments with Stripe. With Stripe powering Teams Payments, meeting hosts can accept real-time card payments before, during or after virtual appointments, classes and other events, the companies said in a Monday (May 1) press release. “We’re thrilled to...
Meta, formerly Facebook, and Microsoft on Wednesday (Nov. 10) rolled out plans for the integration of Meta’s Workplace enterprise social network software suite and Microsoft Teams, which will give customers access to Workplace content in the Teams app, according to a CNBC report. The deal...
September 04, 2025
Microsoft and the European Union have reportedly reached a settlement in which the tech giant will avoid an antitrust fine by agreeing to sell its Teams videoconferencing app separately from its Office packages. In addition, the settlement, which is still in draft form, would require Microsoft to charge less for packages that don’t include Teams and to improve interoperability with the […]
February 28, 2025
Microsoft said Friday (Feb. 28) that it will retire Skype in May and focus on Microsoft Teams as its communications and collaboration hub. This move will allow the company to streamline its free...
May 04, 2023
Microsoft has reportedly told European Union officials that it’s willing to charge for Teams. The offer is meant to address the concerns of the EU’s competition regulator and help the...
May 01, 2023
Businesses using Microsoft Teams can now accept payments with Stripe. With Stripe powering Teams Payments, meeting hosts can accept real-time card payments before, during or after virtual appointments, classes and...