Skype down for users worldwide

[sinu]

Content source

http://www.myce.com/news/skype-down-for-users-worldwide-77370/

Microsoft’s video chat service Skype currently suffers from a worldwide outage. Affected users will not be able to change their status, their contacts will all show as offline and they will be unable to start Skype calls to them.
Text chats to users that appear to be offline are still possible and both desktop and mobile versions of Skype are affected. The browser based version of Skype appears to work without issues.
In a status update Microsoft writes, “We’re working on a fix for this issue and hope to have an update for you soon. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused while we get this resolved.”

 

[Ink]

Skype - Skype down? Current status and problems | Down Detector (800+ reports)
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There was an update, that cannot be seen from the direct blog link.

Updated 11:00 UTC

Many users have had success using Skype for Web to send instant messages and make Skype calls. You can access Skype for Web at:

web.skype.com​

We’re doing everything we can to fix this issue and hope to have another update for you soon. Thank you for your patience as we work to get this incident resolved.

Skype heartbeat – check the current performance of Skype features

 

[upnorth]

Quote: " We have identified the network issue which prevented users from logging in and using Skype today. We're in the process of reconnecting our users, and focused on restoring full service. The issue did not affect Skype for Business users. "

Source: Issues with Skype status and calling - Heartbeat

 

[Dima007]

Driving me crazy yesterday