1. Welcome Guest! In order to create a new topic or reply to an existing one, you must register first. It is easy and free. Click here to sign up now!.
    Dismiss Notice

Skype calling knocked offline by major outage

Discussion in 'Microsoft News' started by Chris Welch, Sep 21, 2015.

  1. Chris Welch

    Chris Welch Guest

    5d55025068b498c4cc3386beaf4220e0.jpg
    Microsoft's Skype voice and messaging app experienced a major service disruption Monday morning that crippled the app's core features for some users. The company has acknowledged that it's currently working to resolve "an issue that is affecting Skype in a number of ways" — but the problems have now stretched on for several hours. They're also being felt worldwide, so the issue isn't limited to any particular geographic area.

    The glitch is showing all contacts as offline, even for users who are actually logged in, making it impossible to place voice calls. Microsoft says the messaging side of Skype is still mostly working properly, though the company notes "a small number of messages to group chats are not being delivered."

    Continue reading…

    b175d9f2244453abca407a896144ca25._.gif

    Continue reading...
     

Share This Page