Steve Ballmer CEO of Microsoft Corp. and Chris Liddell, CFO of Microsoft,
Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

Thursday, November 30, 2006
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

Microsoft Corp.

Steve Ballmer CEO of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) along with Chris Liddell, CFO of Microsoft and executives from partners and customers including Advanced Micro Devices, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Lenovo, Scripps Research Institute and Viacom Media preside over the opening bell to celebrate the business availability to volume license customers of three major releases from Microsoft Corp.; Windows Vista (tm), Microsoft Office system, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

These products are designed to enable businesses to thrive in a world of instant communication, expanding information and constant change by amplifying the impact people can have in the workplace. The new products provide a platform that will transform the way people turn information into opportunity and growth.

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