In an email sent to customers this week, the Redmond-based tech giant confirmed that it would be shutting down the service on 15 March.
In the mail, it says that the service will be shut down globally, except in mainland China where it will continue to operate. In the meantime Microsoft is urging the service's users to migrate to Skype.
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