Ngama-2000, iWindows Live Messenger, kunye ne-ICQ, zaba zizixhobo ezisetyenziswa kakhulu ngabasebenzisi ukunxibelelana kwi-Intanethi. Le ndlela yonxibelelwano, sinokuyijonga ukuvela kwemizobo ye-IRC, ogama I-DOS esekwe kubuhle ishiye okuninzi ukuba kungafunwa.
Zombini i-Messenger kunye ne-ICQ zaba zizixhobo ezikhethiweyo kwizigidi zabasebenzisi, ishiya i-IRC kwabo banolwazi ngakumbi, okanye abafuna ukunxibelelana nabanye abantu ukufumana ulwazi malunga nezihloko ezithile okanye ezithile zesifundo esithile, enkosi kumagumbi okuncokola ebesinawo.
Kodwa ngokuhamba kweminyaka, amaqonga amatsha onxibelelwano abasebenzisi afikile kwaye inkqubo yemiyalezo kaMicrosoft's Messenger yaqala ukungasetyenziswa. Esi sicelo besikunye nesuti yesicelo esivela IMicrosoft ibizwa ngokuba yiWindows Live Essential, Iphakheji yezicelo ekufuneka sizifakile ngokuzimeleyo kwinguqulelo yeWindows esasinayo kwaye ukongeza kwi-Messenger nayo yasinika:
- I-Windows Mail Desktop
- Ukhuseleko loSapho luka-Microsoft
- OneDrive yeWindows
- Iwindows yeWindows MAker
- Igalari yeeFoto yeWindows
- Umbhali weWindows
- Isinxibelelanisi seMicrosoft Outlook Hotmail
Ukuqaliswa kweWindows 8, nge-4 ka-Okthobha ka-2012, kwaphawula ukuqala kokuphela kweWindows Messenger, kuba ukongeza kwisibhengezo sohlobo olutsha lweWindows, Microsoft ubhengeze ukuba isicelo somyalezo Umyalezo izakuyeka ukusebenza ngo-Epreli 8, 2013.
Inguqulelo ezinzileyo yakutshanje yeWindows Live Messenger ifumaneka kwiWindows Live Essential, isuti yezicelo ezongezelelweyo zeWindows bongeze uthotho lwezicelo ezinomdla kakhulu ezifana neWindows Movie Maker okanye i-Outllok Hotmail Connector. UMicrosoft uqhubeke nokugcina isuti yezicelo ngaphandle kohlaziyo kude kube ngunyaka ophelileyo, ngelo xesha wayisusa kwiiseva zayo, ethintela abasebenzisi ukuba bayikhuphele.
Ukuthatha ingqalelo yokuba iMicrosoft khange ihlaziye usetyenziso iminyaka eliqela, ukusebenza kwezi zicelo ezinokusinika kona bekuncinci, ke Ngaphandle kokuba uqhubeke nokusebenzisa iWindows XP, akunakulindeleka ukuba unomdla wokuyisebenzisa.