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MICROSOFT CORP 8-K Report, Corporate Update (May 4, 2005)

Filed May 4, 2005For Securities:MSFT

Summary

Microsoft Corporation filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on May 3, 2005, to provide information related to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. The primary purpose of this 8-K filing was to include XBRL-formatted financial and other information from the aforementioned 10-Q filing. This was part of an initiative to test XBRL technology and its application in financial reporting. Investors should note that the XBRL data provided in this filing is unaudited and explicitly stated as not being the official, definitive financial statements. Microsoft advised investors to rely on the officially filed version of the Form 10-Q and not to make investment decisions based on this XBRL submission. The information within this 8-K is not considered 'filed' for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act and does not carry the same liability as official filings.

Key Highlights

  • 1Microsoft filed an 8-K on May 3, 2005, primarily to furnish XBRL-formatted data.
  • 2The XBRL data pertains to Microsoft's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.
  • 3The filing serves as a test for XBRL reporting technology.
  • 4Investors are cautioned that the XBRL financial information is unaudited and not the official filing.
  • 5Official 10-Q filing should be the source for investment decisions.
  • 6Information in this 8-K is not subject to Section 18 liability of the Exchange Act.
  • 7This report includes various XBRL taxonomy extension documents (Instance, Schema, Presentation, Label, Calculation, Reference, Definition).

Frequently Asked Questions

The main purpose of this 8-K filing is to provide XBRL-formatted versions of certain financial and other information from Microsoft's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. This was done to test and demonstrate XBRL reporting technology.

No, investors are strongly advised not to rely on the XBRL financial information presented in this 8-K for making investment decisions. Microsoft explicitly states that this data is unaudited and not the official filing, and investors should continue to rely on the officially filed Form 10-Q.

XBRL stands for Extensible Business Reporting Language. It is a global standard for exchanging business information. This filing represents an effort by Microsoft to test the use of XBRL in transmitting financial data electronically.

No, this filing does not present new or updated financial results. It contains XBRL-formatted information derived from the Form 10-Q that was already filed on April 28, 2005, which contains the official financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.