NET Messenger Service, algunas veces llamado Windows Live Messenger Service) es un sistema de mensajería instantánea y un sistema de presencia desarrollado por Microsoft en 1999 para su uso con el software de MSN Messenger y es utilizado hoy en día por sus clientes de mensajería instantánea, como Windows 8, Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft Messenger para Mac, y Xbox Live. Microsoft Messenger service (anteriormente MSN Messenger Service y.As part of the merger, Skype instant messaging functionality is now running on the backbone of the former Messenger service. In April 2013, Microsoft merged the service into Skype network existing users were able to sign into Skype with their existing accounts and access their contact list.
On 11 January 2013 Microsoft announced that they were retiring the existing Messenger service globally (except for mainland China where Messenger will continue to be available) and replacing it with Skype.
The service allowed anyone with a Microsoft account to sign in and communicate in real time with other people who were signed in as well. It communicated using the Microsoft Notification Protocol, a proprietary instant messaging protocol. Third-party clients also connected to the service. It was used by instant messaging clients including Windows 8, Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft Messenger for Mac, and Xbox Live.
NET Messenger Service and Windows Live Messenger Service) was an instant messaging and presence system developed by Microsoft in 1999 for use with its MSN Messenger software. Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger Service.