May 2006 - Page 3 of 11

May 23, 2006

Microsoft Readies Partners and Customers for Next-Generation Platforms

Bill Gates announces beta 2 milestone of three flagship products at WinHEC 2006 and highlights expanded ecosystem opportunity through close alignment of software, services and hardware platforms.

May 23, 2006

Microsoft Announces New Partner Initiatives for Windows Vista

New Certified for Windows Vista logo program to label products optimized for Windows Vista; Windows Rally and native support for networked projectors will ease hardware setup and connectivity.

May 23, 2006

Microsoft Introduces New Version of Windows Live Local

New capabilities include real-time traffic reporting, new ways to collect and share search results, tight integration with Microsoft Office Outlook and Windows Live Messenger, and geographic expansion to Canada and the U.K.

May 23, 2006

Q&A: Advancing the Windows Platform with Windows Server “Longhorn”

Microsoft Senior Vice President Bob Muglia charts the direction for the next generation of innovative server technologies.

May 23, 2006

Hardware Developers Go Live With Microsoft Services

Opportunities for independent hardware vendors abound as Windows Live Services take off.

May 23, 2006

Q&A: WinFX Provides Building Blocks for the “Modern Application”

WinFX Beta 2 version and unified “Go Live” licenses are launched this week at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle

May 23, 2006

Bill Gates: WinHEC 2006

Transcript of keynote remarks by Bill Gates at Microsoft CEO Summit 2006 in Redmond, Washington.

May 23, 2006

Bob Muglia: WinHEC 2006

Transcript of Keynote Remarks by Bob Muglia, Microsoft Senior Vice President, at WinHEC 2006

May 23, 2006

Will Poole: WinHEC 2006

Transcript of Keynote Remarks by Will Poole, Microsoft Senior Vice President, at WinHEC 2006

May 22, 2006

Pacific Life’s Life Insurance Division Improves Business Intelligence by Standardizing Data Management on Microsoft Software

SQL Server Integration and Reporting Services helps insurance leader consolidate mainframe and multiple databases, while enabling dynamic report generation for more than 800 employees.