Microsoft Announces Upcoming Events for the Financial Community

REDMOND, Wash. — May 23, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. will participate in the following upcoming events with the financial community. Interested parties can view a webcast of these events on Microsoft’s Investor Relations Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/msft.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

8 a.m. EDT (5 a.m. PDT)

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft

Live Meeting series: Windows Vista™

Thursday, June 8, 2006

11 a.m. PDT

Brad Goldberg, general manager, Windows® Product Management Group at Microsoft

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