Merge Skype Microsoft Account

Many users encountered a problem while they tried to change Skype password in June 2017. If your account is not connected to your Microsoft Account and you select “Change password” in Skype desktop app, you will be directed to Microsoft login page at https://account.live.com/skype/password/change?smn=... . The thing is that Microsoft has recently taken the step to merge Skype accounts with Microsoft LiveIDs.

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How to change Skype password since june 2017

Click “Change password…“:
Follow the onscreen tips and you will be redirected to https://login.live.com/.
Enter your Skype name (login) and click “Next“:
Then enter your password (the one of your old Skype account but not from your Microsoft account):
If you are asked, type your email address and click “Send code“.
Check your email and find the code sent by Microsoft:
Type the code and click “Submit” to log in to your LiveID.
Now you will probably see “Your Skype account is now a Microsoft account“. Click “Next“:
If you see the proposal to enter the email, specify your working email address and click “Next“:
Note that this dialogue may not be displayed.
At last (if you entered a correct security code) you should see “You have a single password now“:
Now the password changing screen should open (If not, you can open it manually by clicking here https://account.live.com/password/change?mkt=en-US).
Enter current password, new one, its confirmation and click “Next“:
Sign in to your desktop Skype app using your new password:

Note! Steps can be quite different depending on your particular situation. You may be offered to link your existing LiveID to your Skype account or may be proposed to enter any email you like, there can be security code request with cell phone confirmation, etc. All you need to do is read the onscreen instructions carefully and follow them. The main things you need to understand are:

In this free Skype tutorial, you'll learn all about setting up and using Skype to make video calls and more. A Microsoft account is what you use to access many Microsoft devices and services. It’s the account that you use to sign in to Skype, Outlook.com, OneDrive, Windows Phone, and Xbox LIVE – and it means your files, photos, contacts and settings can follow you securely to any device.

You cannot change Skype password unless you link your account to LiveID.
After you merged Microsoft Account and your Skype account you need to use your LiveID password to log in to your Skype.

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This article gives you an overview of the interoperability capabilities between Microsoft Teams and Skype (Consumer). Learn how Teams users and Skype users can communicate through chats and calls and the admin controls that apply.

Teams users in your organization can chat with and call Skype users by using their email address and vice versa.

Teams users can search for and start a one-on-one text-only conversation or an audio/video call with a Skype user.
Skype users can search for and start a one-on-one text-only conversation or an audio/video call with a Teams user.

This is available on the desktop, web, and mobile (Android and iOS) clients for both Teams and Skype. For an optimal experience, we recommend Skype version 8.58 and later.

Chat and calling experience

Here's an overview of the chat and calling experience.

Teams user starts a chat or call with a Skype user

Teams users can search for a Skype user by typing their email address in a new chat or in the search bar. The Teams user can then select the Skype user in the search results to start a chat or call with them.

A Skype user may choose not to appear in search results. In this case, they won't show up in the search results in Teams and Teams users won't be able to find them.

Skype user starts a chat or call with a Teams user

Skype users can search for and start a chat with a Teams user by using their email address. The Teams user is notified that they have a new message from a Skype user and have to first accept the message before they can reply to it.

If the Teams user selects Accept, the conversation is accepted, and both users can chat and call each other.
If the Teams user selects Block, the conversation is blocked, and subsequent messages and calls from that Skype user are blocked.
If the Teams user selects View messages, the message is displayed in Teams, which helps the user decide whether to accept or block the conversation.

Note

If you upgraded from Skype for Business to Teams and your users are in Teams Only mode, chats and calls from Skype users to Teams users are delivered to Teams. If your users are in Islands mode, chats and calls from Skype users to Teams users are delivered to Skype for Business.

Teams user blocks or unblocks a Skype user

After a Teams user accepts or blocks the initial conversation request from a Skype user, they can choose to block or unblock that person at any time, either in the conversation or in their privacy settings in Teams. Skype users won't know that they've been blocked.

Blocked Skype users, along with other people and public switched telephone network (PSTN) phone numbers that a Teams user has blocked, are listed on the user's blocked contact list in Teams.

Limitations

Conversations are text-only. This means that there's no rich formatting, @mentions, emojis, or other any of the other chat features that are available in a native Teams chat experience.
Conversations are one-on-one only. Group chats aren't supported.
Teams users and Skype users can't see each other's presence.
Searching for Skype users by using their Skype ID or phone number isn't supported.
Skype users can't call Teams users who set up call forwarding to another user's number, a delegate's number, or a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) number. Only voicemail is supported.
Interop escalation, group calls, and meetings aren't supported.
The ability for a delegate to call a Skype user on behalf of a Teams user isn't supported.
Screen sharing with chat isn't supported.

Set whether Teams users can communicate with Skype users

As an admin, you use the Microsoft Teams admin center or PowerShell to set external access settings to control whether Teams users in your organization can communicate with Skype users. By default, this capability is turned on for new tenants.

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If you upgraded from Skype for Business to Teams, the external communications settings that you configured in the Skype for Business admin center are migrated to Teams.

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In the Microsoft Teams admin center

In the Microsoft Teams admin center, go to Org-wide settings > External access, and then turn on Users can communicate with Skype users. For step-by-step guidance on how to configure this and other external access settings, see Manage external access in Teams.