Chat-enabled messaging

A computer system, comprising:

• at least one processing unit;
• and
• at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions for launching a chat session from a message that when executed by the at least one processing unit cause the computer system to:
• receive, at a messaging service, a message including an access point to a chat service, wherein the access point comprises credentials for accessing the chat service and the access point is a button, hyperlink, or control;
• receive, into a first window of the messaging service, a selection of the access point from within the message;
• extract context data from the message;
• provide the context data to the chat service;
• and
• establish a conversation with the chat service according to the selected access point from within the message and based on the context data, wherein the conversation with the chat service is a continuation of the message based on the context data, and wherein the conversation is presented in a second window of the messaging service that is concurrently displayed with at least a portion of the first window.

A computer-readable storage device storing computer-executable instructions for launching a chat session from a message that when executed by at least one processing unit cause the processing unit to:

• receive, at a messaging service, a message including an access point to a chat service, wherein the access point comprises credentials for accessing the chat service and the access point is a button, hyperlink, or control;
• receive, into a first window of the messaging service, a selection of the access point from within the message;
• extract context data from the message;
• provide the context data to the chat service;
• and
• establish a conversation with the chat service according to the selected access point from within the message and based on the context data, wherein the conversation with the chat service is a continuation of the message based on the context data, and wherein the conversation is presented in a second window of the messaging service that is concurrently displayed with at least a portion of the first window.