Microsoft launches the most important product release wave in its history on a global scale

Beijing - November 30, 2006 - Today, Microsoft Corporation simultaneously launched globally in Beijing, China; Tokyo, Japan; London, UK; Paris, France; Munich, Germany; Toronto, Canada; and New York, USA, the highly anticipated Microsoft 2007 Office system, Windows Vista, and Exchange Server 2007, three major business engines, specifically targeting commercial users. Microsoft's Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner specially attended the "Welcome the New Era" Microsoft Business Engines Launch Conference held in Beijing. He joined Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang, Senior Vice President of Microsoft Corporation and President of Microsoft Research China, Ying Chen, Deputy Director of the Department of Electronic Information Product Management of the Ministry of Information Industry, Andrew Grant, Global Senior Director and Greater China President of McKinsey & Company, Shaopeng Chen, Senior Vice President of Lenovo Group and President of Greater China Region, as well as nearly a thousand on-site guests including many well-known companies, enterprise users, and partners such as Intel to witness this exciting moment together.