MICROSOFT CORP — Director's Dealing 2010

Apr 23, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MICROSOFT CORP (MSFT)
CIK: 0000789019
Period of Report: 2010-04-22

Reporting Person: SMITH BRADFORD L (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-04-22	Common Stock	M	333333	$29.9813	Acquired	662231	Direct
2010-04-22	Common Stock	S	333333	$31.50	Disposed	329433	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-04-22	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$29.9813	M	333333	Disposed	2010-04-24	Common Stock (333333)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The exercise of the employee stock option and the sale of the underlying shares were made under a 10b5-1 plan previously adopted by the reporting person.

F2: Includes 535 shares acquired on March 31, 2010 under the Microsoft employee stock purchase plan.