Microsoft Corp. will release fiscal year 2007 second quarter financial results after the close of the market on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007. A live Webcast of the earnings conference call will be made available at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time on the Microsoft Investor Relations Web site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/msft.

The company will also host the following event for the financial community:

Investor Relations Financial Analyst Briefing at 2007 International CES
Monday, Jan. 8, 2007
1 p.m. PST
Robbie Bach, president, Entertainment and Devices Division

Interested parties can listen to a webcast of this event on Microsoft’s Investor Relations Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/msft.