Users who log into Skype with their Microsoft account are offered a merge with the Skype account to have all the MSN and Skype contacts combined. The fun bit i

Users who log into Skype with their Microsoft account are offered a merge with the Skype account to have all the MSN and Skype contacts combined. The fun bit is the last step: "From now on, please use your Microsoft account "Firstname Lastname" to sign into Skype" -- I was afraid to test this but looks like the Skype account gets deleted after this step and you have to use myname@hotmail.com when sharing your Skype details. EDIT: Turns out that both Skype and Microsoft accounts will remain working in parallel. One can log in with either of these (at least from desktop Skype clients).