A few hours ago, Skype announced in a Twitter message that a small number of users may struggle to connect to the service. But if you look at the amount of other messages about Skype during the last hour, it's probably a lot more than just “a small number of users” having trouble at the moment.
It's still limited in scope
New update lets you have a video call without having a Skype account. You can start a chat through a link and can use it at any time as it does not expire.
With the sudden upswing of video conferencing needs due to working from home, Microsoft has decided to add a new feature to Skype.