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        <issuerName>MICROSOFT CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MSFT</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Althoff Judson</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE MICROSOFT WAY</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>REDMOND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>98052-6399</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <officerTitle>EVP, Chief Commercial Officer</officerTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $250.99 to $251.98. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The reporting person hereby undertakes upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $251.99 to $252.98. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The reporting person hereby undertakes upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $253.02 to $253.93. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The reporting person hereby undertakes upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $254.02 to $254.98. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The reporting person hereby undertakes upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $254.99 to $255.95. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The reporting person hereby undertakes upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $256.00 to $256.07. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The reporting person hereby undertakes upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Ann Habernigg, Attorney-in-fact for Judson Althoff</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-12-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
