Microsoft
recently announced that Microsoft Messenger instant messaging would be migrated to Skype, which it purchased in 2011.
What that really means is very simple: Messenger is going away, and Skype is replacing it.
Before you panic, that doesn't mean you'll lose anything at all. Because at the same time Microsoft announced that you can now log in to Skype using your Microsoft Account and when you do you'll find all of your Messenger contacts there, ready for you to chat with.
Unfortunately so much of the terminology that Microsoft has used over the years is so
incredibly confusing, I need to lay out just what "Messenger" I'm talking about, and what a "Microsoft Account" is.
Then we can download the latest Skype, and even merge our Skype and Microsoft accounts.
