Microsoft Announces Upcoming Events for the Financial Community

REDMOND, Wash., May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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(TM) Thursday, June 8, 2006 11 a.m. PDT

Brad Goldberg, general manager, Windows(R) Product Management Group at Microsoft

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