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And now it seem Microsoft is pushing Teams instead of Skype. There are even two different Teams Apps in Windows 11, one for personal use, one for work.

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That sounds like how there were two versions of MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger/Windows Live - one for 'personal' and the other for 'enterprise'. Cannot quite recall the exact differentiation now but I do recall many folks having problems with log-in credentials for one not working with the other about 20 years ago!

Same happened with Skype after it was bought by Microsoft, and I seem to recall this is relatively recent. There were (are?) two Skype clients - one for 'personal' (the original Skype) and another for 'enterprise' (rebranded Windows Live for Enterprise possibly?) and not compatible. Again, I recall trying to help confused Windows users figure out why the (incorrect) client wouldn't log-in with certain credentials.

Not a messenger, obviously, but they've done the same thing with OneDrive as well. This seems to be some kind of in-house Microsoft antipattern.

Not an anti-pattern. Keeping work and personal stuff intentionally separate is a good thing.

Thats because there were also two different Skypes - Skype for Business (which was Lync) and Skype. Two totally different platforms with different code. God knows why they named them the same.

Teams is supposed to completely replace Skype for Business

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