Microsoft Announces Quarterly Earnings Release Date and Upcoming Events for the Financial Community

Events with Microsoft leadership slated for January.

REDMOND, Wash. - Dec. 17, 2009 - Microsoft Corp. will release fiscal year 2010 second-quarter financial results after the close of the market on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. 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 events for the financial community:

J.P. Morgan Tech Forum at CES

Thursday, January 7, 2010
12:05 p.m. PT
Enrique Rodriguez, corporate vice president, TV, Video and Music Business

Financial Analyst Briefing at the 2010 International CES Conference

Thursday, January 7, 2010
1 p.m. PT
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.

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