Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Form 4)

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SMITH BRADFORD L 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MICROSOFT CORP [MSFT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Vice Chair and President (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/23/2025 (Street) REDMOND, WA 98052-6399 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 04/23/2025 P 3,842 A $377.465(1) 455,438.7633 D Common Stock 04/30/2025 S 30 D $390.5729(2) 455,408.7633 D Common Stock 05/05/2025 S 3,812 D $438.8197(3) 451,596.7633 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SMITH BRADFORD L C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION ONE MICROSOFT WAY REDMOND, WA 98052-6399			Vice Chair and President

Signatures

Julia Stark, Attorney-in-Fact for Bradford L. Smith		12/12/2025
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This acquisition was broker initiated without the reporting person's direction, approval, or knowledge.
(2)	This disposition was broker initiated without the reporting person's direction, approval, or knowledge.
(3)	On May 5, 2025, the shares remaining from the April 23, 2025 acquisition, after the April 30, 2025 disposition, were rescinded through the broker's error account. This disposition was broker initiated without the reporting person's direction, approval, or knowledge. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $438.8169 to $438.8201. The price reported above reflects the weighted average 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.
Remarks: This Form 4 is being filed late due to the fact that the reported transactions only recently came to the attention of the reporting person and the issuer. On April 23, 2025, trading restrictions applicable to the reporting person's account were inadvertently removed by the reporting person's broker during an account update. As a result, the account manager purchased and later sold shares of the issuer on behalf of the reporting person without the reporting person's direction, approval, or knowledge. On May 5, 2025, the broker reversed the transactions through the broker's error account and issued the gain on the transactions to the reporting person's account, again without the reporting person's direction, approval, or knowledge. These transactions are matchable under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Promptly upon being made aware of these transactions, the reporting person paid the issuer the full amount of profit realized in connection with the short-swing transaction.

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