Corporate Social Responsibility Award, Microsoft Denmark, Great Place to Work Institute, Denmark

Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Award for Microsoft's Legal and Corporate Affairs Department, National LGBT Bar Association

World's Top Multinational Workplace, Great Place to Work Institute

Named the Most Employee- and Family-Friendly Company in Estonia by Äripäev and Pere ja Kodu

No 18 on UPTOWN Professional’s Top 40 Companies in America

Microsoft Denmark named most attractive IT workplace in Denmark by Danish magazine Ingeniøren

Named Best Diversity Company in 2011 Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology Readers’ Choice Survey

Microsoft Dubai Named Best Workplace by the Great Place to Work Institute Dubai

Named on World’s Most Ethical Companies list, The Ethisphere Institute, New York

Equal Opportunities: Best Employer 2010, Ukrainian National Competition, Microsoft Ukraine

Microsoft Germany Named Best Workplace by the Great Place to Work® Institute Deutschland

Best Company to Work for in United Arab Emirates, Great Place to Work Institute

No. 2 on 20th Annual “Top 50 Employers” in CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine

No. 72 on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work

Just The Beginning Foundation’s Partnership Award, Microsoft Legal & Corporate Affairs

Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Corporate Equality Index rating – Microsoft earned a 100% rating for the 5th consecutive year

Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces List by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Working Mother’s list of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers – 8^th consecutive year

Company of the Year 2010, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Workforce Diversity Magazine's "Top 50 Employers" List

Number 1 on the List of Europe’s Best Workplaces, Great Place to Work Institute

“Ability Company Award,” Microsoft Ireland, O2 Ability Awards

Named Best Employer for Women, Association for Women's Career Development in Hungary, Microsoft Hungary

Number 13 on the Top 50 Employers list, Woman Engineer magazine

Top Supporter of HBCU Engineering Schools, 2010 Deans Edition of US Black Engineer & IT magazine

The Liberty Award by Lambda Legal for Microsoft’s leadership in workplace diversity and civil rights

Number 3 on the Best Employer list, Hewitt associates, Microsoft Slovakia

Number 1 on the Great Place to Work list, Great Place to Work Study, Microsoft Netherlands

Number 1 on the Great Place to Work list, Great Place to Work Institute, Microsoft Portugal

Number 1 on the Great Place to Work list, Great Place to Work Institute, Microsoft Italy

Number 2 on the Great Place to Work list, Great Place to Work Institute, Microsoft Belgium (including Inspirational Leadership award)

Number 2 on the Great Place to Work list, Great Place to Work Institute, Microsoft Norway

Number 3 on the Great Place to Work list, Great Place to Work Institute, Microsoft Sweden

Number 4 on the Great Place to Work list, Great Place to Work Institute, Microsoft Finland (including Best Recruiting award)

Number 8 on the Great Place to Work list, Great Place to Work Institute, Microsoft Denmark (including Best IT Workplace award)

Top Supporter of HBCU Engineering Schools, US Black Engineer & IT magazine

Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce (GLAAACC) Corporation of the Year Award

Number 3 on the Best Place to Work list, Great Place to Work Institute, Microsoft Austria (companies over 250 employees)

Best Employer for Females award, Hewitt Associates, Microsoft Austria

Best Workplace in Russia, HR Brand, Microsoft Russia

Number 1 on the Great Place to Work list, Great Place to Work Institute, Microsoft France

Lifetime Achievement Award for appearing on the Best 100 Companies list every year for 10 years, the UK’s The Sunday Times

Number 8 on the “Top 125 Organizations That Excel at Employee Development” list, Training magazine

Best Place to Work, Great Place to Work Institute, Microsoft Ireland (1st place), Japan (4th place) and Germany (3rd place)

In-Kind Partner of the Year, Goodwill of Southern California

America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises, The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Best Places to Work List for LGBT Equality

Number 51 on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list for 2009

Ranked third on the 18th Annual “Top 50 Employers” in Minority Engineer Magazine

2010 Most Admired Employer for Minorities in Research Science, Career Communications Group

2009 Microsoft Supplier Diversity NW Council Supporter of the Year

Ranked 15th on 19th Annual “Top 50 Companies” by CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine

Member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable because of leadership in supplier diversity and achievement of procuring more than $1B annually from minority and women-owned business

2009 “Best of the Best” Annual Review Series by Olive Tree Publishing, Inc., publishers of Black EOE Journal, Hispanic Network Magazine, and Professional Woman’s Magazine

2009 Corporate Citizenship of the Year Award, North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA), Microsoft North Carolina

Working Mother’s list of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers – seventh consecutive year

2009 Corporate Support Award from the Women’s Business Development Center

Diversity MBA “Diversity Out Front” award by Diversity MBA Magazine

Number 6 on the Top 10 Companies List for Asian Americans Award by the Asian MBA (AMBA)

U.S. Defense Department's Freedom Award for outstanding support of employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve

Top 50 Employers, Workforce Diversity for Engineering and IT Professionals magazine

National Bar Association Corporate Challenge Award for diversity work in the legal profession

Number 1 on Diversity Edge Magazine's Best Companies for Diverse Graduates list

2009 Freedom Award from the Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Executive Committee

A. Leon Higginbotham Award for Legal Diversity and Pro Bono Efforts, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Best Diversity Company, Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology magazine

Named on "America's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities for 2008" list by Diversity Business.com

Named Europe's Best Employer 2009, Great Place to Work Institute, Europe

Microsoft Ireland: Best Workplace in Ireland for 2009, Great Place to Work Institute, Ireland

Named on DiversityInc magazine's 25 Noteworthy Companies List

Number 22 on eighteenth annual "Top 50 Employers," Woman Engineer magazine

ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards for Best Diversity Program and Best Strategic Use of Technology

Best Employers in Middle East list, Hewitt Associates, Microsoft Gulf FZ LLC, and Microsoft Egypt

Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces List by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Number 2 Graduate Employer of Choice for the IT sector, The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers, Microsoft United Kingdom

Number 1 on Great Place to Work Institute Sweden, Microsoft AB, third consecutive year

Number 1 on Best Places to Work in Spain, Great Place to Work Institute, third consecutive year

Number 3 on Best Workplace in France list, Microsoft France, Great Place to Work® Institute

2009 EOWA (Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act) Employer of Choice for Women, Microsoft Australia

Best Long-term Work Placement Provider 2009, National Council for Work Experience Awards, Microsoft United Kingdom

Special Recognition Award From the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Above and Beyond Award

Number 21 on UK Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For 2009

Best Long-term Work Placement Provider 2009, National Council for Work Experience, Microsoft United Kingdom

Best Workplace Overall Award and Best Workplace (1,000 or more employees), Great Place to Work® Institute

Finalist in three categories of the ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards for 2009 – the Best Diversity Program, Most Strategic Use of Technology, and Recruiting Department of the Year categories

Ranked 13 by Equal Opportunity Magazine readers as a positive company for minority groups

Named as one of the top 50 employers by readers of Equal Opportunity Magazine

Number 38 on Fortune Magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For, 2009

2008 WebAward for Best Employment Web site for the Microsoft site www.youatmicrosoft.com, The Web Marketing Association

Named on America's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities for 2008 by DiversityBusiness.com

Number 1 on Best Companies to Work For in India Survey, BT-Mercer-TNS

Ranked first place in U.S. Chamber Business Civic Leadership Center's "Report on the State of Corporate Community Investment"

Number 12 on Top 50 Companies list— CAREERS & the disABLED magazine

Number 1 ranking on the "50 dream employers for young specialists" in the IT sector in Russia by Action newspaper

Named number 1 most trusted company in Russia by www.E-xecutive.ru Internet management community portal

Named "Best Employer in Russia" by Hewitt Associates

Most admired publicly traded company in Asia Pacific in Wall Street Journal Asia poll for 12th consecutive year

Number one employer of choice in the annual National Society of Black Engineers top 50 Employer Preference Survey for second consecutive year

Working Mother magazine's list of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers (sixth consecutive year)

100 percent score for the fourth consecutive year on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2009 Corporate Equality Index

Number 2 on Diversity Edge magazine's 2008 Best Companies for Diverse Graduates list

Named in the DiversityInc 25 Noteworthy Companies list

Family Friendly Society award, Network of Mother Centres in the Czech Republic and the European Social Fund, Microsoft Czech Republic

20 Best Companies to Work for in Orange County by OC Metro Business magazine

Number 1, 2008 Great Place to Work for in Europe, Great Place to Work Institute Europe

Best Companies for Diverse Graduates List, Diversity Edge Magazine

Microsoft corporate vice president of Worldwide Communications Martha Bejar featured as one of the Top 20 Hispanic Women in Business

Corporation of the Year, Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce

Tampa Bay Business Journal Diversityand Inclusion 2008 Awards, special recognition for efforts to support minority-owned businesses in Tampa Bay, Florida

Outstanding Corporate Supporter for 2008 and CAC Chairman's Award by the Black Data Processing Associates

Number 1 in the Great Place to Work survey, Microsoft Japan, the Great Place to Work Institute and Nikkei Business

Number 9 among 50 companies with the best reputation for employing and accommodating the disabled, CAREERS & the disABLED

Top Diversity Employers for 2007, The Black E.O.E. Journal

2007 Corporate "Stars" Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for commitment to ending multiple sclerosis through Microsoft technology innovations that benefit people living with multiple sclerosis

Nina Huang, Microsoft senior director of Government Relations in Beijing, awarded the International Women of Influence Awards for Established/Large Corporations, GlobalEXECWomen

Number 4, Czech Republic 100 Best 2007

Number 3, the Best Company with Equal Opportunities for Men and Women in the Czech Republic, Gender Studies

"Done Deals" award from Astra Women's Business Alliance (the NW regional WBENC council)

Business Consortium Fund Star Award for continued support and outstanding achievements in supporting access to capital for minority business enterprises

Number 1 Employer of Choice, National Society of Black Engineers' 19th Annual Employer Preference Survey

Ranked second as Best Employer in Russia and third as Best Employer in Ukraine in 2006/2007 by Hewitt Associates in Best Employer Survey, International Companies segment

One of Philadelphia's Best Places to Work 2007, Philadelphia Business Journal

Working Mother magazine's 2007 Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers

Newsweek: Women and Power profile of Mich Mathews, Microsoft Central Marketing Group senior vice president

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's 2008 Corporate Equality Index: earned a 100% rating for the third consecutive year

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's list of 2007 Best Companies for GLBT Equality and 2007 Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality

Number 66 on the Dave Thomas Foundation's Adoption's 100 Best Adoption Friendly Workplaces 2007 (Microsoft was the only company recognized in the northwest and one of five companies in the western United States.)

Programs and Practices that Work: Preparing Students for Nontraditional Careers award sponsored by the National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc), the Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE), and the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE)

Pasao.ba Top 10 Most Attractive Employer in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Number 1, Best Companies to Work For, MojPosao, Microsoft Croatia

Number 6, Best 100 of the Czech Republic, Great Place to Work Institute

Number 2, Best Workplaces 2007, Great Place to Work Institute, Hellas, Microsoft Greece

Number 1, Hewitt Best Employer of the Year Award, Microsoft Hungary

Number 2 Best Employer among small and medium-sized companies, Microsoft Kazakhstan

Number 1 Enterprise in Latvian IT Industry, Enterprise Reputation ranking by the national Diena, Microsoft Latvia

Hewitt Best Employer in Poland, Microsoft Poland

Employer of Dreams, KOMPAS survey, Microsoft Poland

Most Family Friendly Employer of the Year, sixth edition of the annual prize organized by the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic, Microsoft Slovakia

Best Employer in Slovenia, Hewitt Associates survey

O2 Ability Overall Leadership Award and Retention and Well Being award, Microsoft Ireland

Dean's List: Top Supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by US Black Engineer and Information Technology

Top Ten Best Company, List of the 100 Best Workplaces in Europe, Great Place to Work Institute Europe

Number 19 on list of Best Workplaces in Canada, Canadian Business magazine

American Red Cross Ernest P. Bicknell Award for the Katrinasafe.org Web site

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Above and Beyond Award

Number 16 on Fortune Magazine's list of 100 best companies for MBAs

Number 31 on Fortune Magazine's list of 100 Top MBA Employers for Women

Number 2, Great Place to Work Institute Greece, Microsoft Hellas

Second consecutive year as number 1 on Great Place to Work Institute Sweden, Microsoft AB

Named among the 2007 Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering by BlackEngineer.com

2007 Professional Business Women of California (PBWC) Pacesetter Award for the top Bay Area companies that support the advancement of women in the workplace

2007 International Foundation for Gender Awareness Award

Hispanic Business Top 100

Maria Martinez, vice president of Microsoft Worldwide Services, named as finalist for Fifth Annual Hispanic Business Woman of the Year Awards

Felicia Guity, senior director of Microsoft OEM Marketing, named one of Ebony Magazine's 2007 Outstanding Women in Marketing and Communications

Number 16 on the Fortune 100 Top MBA employers for 2006

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's list of the 100 Best Adoption-friendly Workplaces for 2007

Number 1, Best Places to Work in Spain, Great Place to Work Institute

Top Ten Companies to Work for in Ireland, Great Place to Work Institute Ireland, Microsoft Ireland; special award for Fairness for Diversity management practices

100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2007, The Corporate Responsibility Officer and Business Ethics magazine

Corporation of the Year Award, Northwest Minority Business Council

International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Diversity Award in recognition for Transgender inclusion benefit policies

Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Corporate Leadership Award

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's list of Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality

Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index rating: Microsoft earned a 100% rating for the second consecutive year

Working Mother magazine's 2006 Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers

2006 "Outie" Award - Employee Resource Group of the Year award from Out & Equal Workplace Advocates

Microsoft named Best Flexible Company in Madrid Community by the Government of Madrid

Number 2 on the Best Workplaces for Commuters in the U.S. list

The Times' Where Women Want to Work Top 50 in the UK

2006 Hispanic National Bar Association Corporate Partner of the Year Award

2006 Professional Business Women of California (PBWC) Pacesetter Award for the top Bay Area companies that support the advancement of women in the workplace

Number 5 on the list of Top 2006 Diversity Employers in The Black Collegian magazine and college recruiting study

Number 1 on the 10 Best Places to Work in Sweden, 2006, Great Places to Work Institute Sweden

"Distinguished" award from the regional Society for Technical Communications (STC) for the Microsoft online training course "Geopolitical Awareness and Content Quality"

Microsoft is named a Top Corporation for Multicultural Business Opportunities of 2005 by more than 500,000 diversity business owners on the DiversityBusiness.com sixth annual Div50 list

2006 Hispanic Corporate 100—Hispanic Magazine

Number 42 on Fortune Magazine's list of the 2006 100 Best Companies to Work For. This ranking is up from number 57 the year before and marks Microsoft's ninth consecutive year on the list.

Number 10 on Fortune Magazine's list of the 2006 America's Most Admired Companies, including number 1 industry rank for Social Responsibility

Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR) Launch Award

Large Employer of the Year award by the Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment

On the DiversityBusiness.com Div50, a list of Top Corporations for Multicultural Business Opportunities as voted by more than 500,000 diversity business owners

Number 2 on the NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) Top 50 Employers list for 2005

Maryland/Washington, D.C., Minority Supplier Development Council Corporation of the Year Award

Asociación Boricua de Dallas (The Puerto Rican Association of Dallas) Community Service Award in recognition of the company's support and software donation to upgrade laptop computers

Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Significant Improvement Award for the HRC Corporate Equality Index from 2004–2005

Human Rights Campaign's Equality Index: rating of 100%

Working Mother magazine's 2005 Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers

"Done Deals" award from Astra Women's Business Alliance (the NW regional WBENC council)

Minority Corporate Counsel Association 2005 Western Region Employers of Choice Award

Number 5 on the list of Top 2005 Diversity Employers in The Black Collegian magazine and college recruiting study

Named 2005 Corporation of the Year by Charlotte Post newspaper, an African-American publication in North Carolina

President's Award from the Business Consortium Fund

100 Best Companies to Work for in China, Fortune Magazine

Number 57 on the 100 Best Places to Work in America list, 2005

2005 Hispanic Corporate 100—Hispanic Magazine

Microsoft MSN United Kingdom: Opportunity Now Diversity Award—Business in the Community

100 Best Workplaces in the European Union, 2004: Microsoft Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Best Companies to Work for in Latin America, 2004: Microsoft Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay

Number 1 employer of choice among U.S. undergraduates, most desirable IT company to work for, and fourth-best employer for valuing diversity in Universum Communications college recruiting study

"Top Corporation" and "Done Deals" awards from Astra Women's Business Alliance for Microsoft's commitment to creating more opportunities for women entrepreneurs

Annual Global Diversity Award for Diverse Supply Chains—Dialogue on Diversity

Working Mother magazine's 2004 Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers

U.S. Department of Labor New Freedom Initiative Award

100 Best Corporate Citizens—Business Ethics

Top 50 Corporations for Multicultural Business Opportunities—DiversityBusiness.com

Top 25 Vendor Programs for Latinos—Hispanic Magazine

Hispanic Corporate 100—Hispanic Magazine

NSBE 50—National Society of Black Engineers

Top 50 Companies—CAREERS & the disABLED

Number 3 on the gfn.com 50—The Gay Financial Network

Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Corporate Equality Index rating—second-highest rating

Top 22 Fortune and Forbes companies with HRC Corporate Equality Index ratings that endorsed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Telly Awards—Corporate Image Category

New Freedom Awards in Research and Product—Jim Mullen Foundation

Special Recognition Award—Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.

Edwin T. Pratt Award—Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

National Corporation of the Year Award—Northwest Minority Business Council

Number 1 Top Diversity Employer—The Black Collegian magazine and Universum Communications

Disability Employment Awareness Award of Distinction—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Microsoft Denmark: Great Place to Work Diversity Award—Oxford Research and Berlingske Nyhedsmagasin

Working Mother magazine's 2003 Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers

DiversityInc.com's 2003 Top 50 Companies for Diversity

DiversityInc.com's 2003 Top 10 Companies for Latinos

#2 Universum Ideal Employer by Undergrads in 2003

Northwest Minority Business Council National Corporation of the Year Award

Information Technology Association of America IT Works Ability Awards for Accommodations

Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities 2003 Employment Award—Employer: Large Business Employing and Empowering Texans with Disabilities

IT Works Ability Award—Accommodation Award Winner

Dallas Mayor's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities—Jack Evans Leadership Award and Best Practices Large Company Award

Dayle MacIntosh Center's Apple of Our Eye Award for Large Employer of the Year (disability)

Washington State Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment—Large Employer of the Year Award

One of USA TODAY's Top 5 Diversity Employers

Corporate Leadership Award from the 100 Black Men Silicon Valley

Circle of Friends Award (Community Service) from the NAACP of Silicon Valley

National Hispanic Leadership Institute—Leadership Award

Community Service Award (Scholarship Fund) from the Asociación Boricua de Dallas, Inc., and the Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Louis Braille Gold Medal—Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and World Blind Union

Corporate Vision Award from the LA Gay and Lesbian Center

2001 TASH Award for Windows of Opportunity

California Governor's Committee Media Access Award for Windows of Opportunity

2001 TASH Image Award Promoting Positive Portrayals of People with Disabilities Through Media

Al Sharpton Award for Diversity and Inclusion

U.S. Department of Commerce Distinguished Corporate Award for Disability Technology

Ron Mace Designing for the 21st Century Award—Adaptive Environments

Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) "Eagle" Award

Ron Mace "Designing for the 21st Century" Award (disability)

Universal Design Award in Recognition of 12 Years of Accessible Products and Technologies

WE magazine's Golden Ladder Award (disability)

Easter Seals Corporate Sponsorship Award