Microsoft is going to soon make you use another app to send and receive text messages. The feature is not gone, it's only being transferred to another app.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Microsoft has started showing alerts in Teams that say support for SMS integration will end in April 2025. A statement from the company confirms this change and advises users to switch to the Phone Link app for the same. The Phone Link app already lets users view and respond to SMS messages on their Windows PC.

Microsoft's SMS feature is getting axed next month, probably because no one even used it (or knew it existed).

Microsoft is removing SMS integration in Teams and encourages users to use Phone Link instead. Here's more about this.

Microsoft Teams is removing one of the lesser-known features that allows you to send and receive SMS via a linked Android phone.

Microsoft Teams loses the Android SMS function, but you can still use it through the Phone link app with just a couple of steps.

Skype will be retired on May 5th, and existing users will need to export their data or migrate to Teams.

Vodafone Business has launched Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile, offering a secure and unified communications solution for mobile connectivity in today’s hybrid work environment. Available for business customers and indirect channel partners,

Microsoft said that users will have the choice to either move to Microsoft Teams for free, or export their data from Skype.

Microsoft is investigating a new Microsoft 365 outage that is affecting Teams customers and causing call failures.

After over 22 years of being in service, Skype will be finally closing down on May 5, this year. Its replacement? That'll be Microsoft Teams, a much more business-oriented social app.