Click Next to Update your Skype account with your pre-existing Microsoft account-linking them.

For this tutorial, I’m using a dummy Skype and Microsoft account to demonstrate the process. Should you have multiple Microsoft accounts, choose the one that you would be using.

Once that is done, you will be asked to sign in to your Microsoft account.

If you’re logged into your Microsoft account, you should log out and re-sign in using your Skype details and not your Microsoft one. Even if you’re already linked your account to Skype previously, you’ll still need to use your Skype details.

While Microsoft has updated Skype’s back-end to link it with their more secure Microsoft account database, this isn’t readily apparent to users of either service for some reason, as the firm hasn’t had any public communications via way of notification informing users of this change. For a while, reports have been coming in indicating that Microsoft’s Skype accounts have been hacked, with users of Skype receiving spam messages from their Skype contacts, indicating a possible breach in Skype’s security. Here’s why you should link your Microsoft and Skype accounts to further secure them. Earlier this month Microsoft announced a new program for Skype users, allowing them to migrate their Skype accounts to Microsoft accounts and/or link them to existing Microsoft accounts.

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