SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint Thomas L. Patz or Gary C. Kaufman of MICROS Systems, Inc.
("MICROS") as the true and lawful attorney for the undersigned and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned and for the undersigned's use and benefit, to
sign, swear to, acknowledge, file and record, from time to time:

	1.	The Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities as Form 3 and
all Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or 5 to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with respect to MICROS,
pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

	2.	To take all such further action which such attorney-in-fact shall consider
necessary, appropriate or convenient in connection with the foregoing, hereby
giving such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever appropriate, requisite and necessary to be done
with respect to the foregoing as fully as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

	The foregoing grant of authority is a Special Power of Attorney, and shall
survive for so long as the undersigned is required to report to the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, with respect to MICROS.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Special Power of Attorney
on this 13 day of June, 2001.


				/s/___ Cynthia A. Russo ___________________
					Cynthia A. Russo

STATE OF MARYLAND        	:
				        SS:
COUNTY OF HOWARD	:

	On this 13 day of June, 2001, before me, a notary public in and for the State
and County set forth above, personally appeared Cynthia A. Russo, who known to
me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and
being by me first duly sworn acknowledged that he executed the same.



				/s/____Julie A. Griffin_____________
					(Notary Public)
		                My commission expires Feb. 29, 2004.
[SEAL]