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10-Q - FORM 10-Q - MICROSOFT CORPd10q.htm
EX-15 - LETTER REGARDING UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION - MICROSOFT CORPdex15.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATIONS OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - MICROSOFT CORPdex312.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATIONS OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - MICROSOFT CORPdex311.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - MICROSOFT CORPdex322.htm
EX-12 - COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - MICROSOFT CORPdex12.htm

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

(18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Microsoft Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “Company”), on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), Steven A. Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, does hereby certify, pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. § 1350), that to his knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

 

/S/ STEVEN A. BALLMER
Steven A. Ballmer
Chief Executive Officer

October 23, 2009

[A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Microsoft Corporation and will be retained by Microsoft Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.]