At Microsoft, we're motivated and inspired every day by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them. We run our business in much the same way, and believe our product segments offer the greatest potential to serve our customers. We are committed long term to the mission of helping our customers realize their full potential. Just as we constantly update and improve our products, we want to continually evolve our company to be in the best position to accelerate new technologies as they emerge and to better serve our customers.

We are investing in Southeast Michigan by building a state of the art Microsoft Technical Briefing Center located in the 1000 tower of the Southfield Town Center. Approximate completion date is end of October 2010. Microsoft Technology Centers (MTCs) are collaborative environments that provide access to innovative technologies and world-class expertise, enabling our customers to envision, design, and deploy solutions to meet their exact needs. In addition, the MTC will create more high paying technical jobs that stay in Michigan.
Microsoft provided $45 million in cash, software, curriculum & employee volunteerism since 2003 supporting projects and organizations that expand opportunities through technology across Michigan. Microsoft works with more than 3,045 partner companies in Michigan that build technology tools and services on the Microsoft platform, creating jobs and revenue for Michigan. Locally, students from Wayne State University were invited to Washington DC to compete in Microsoft Imagine Cup. The Imagine Cup encourages young people to apply their imagination, their passion and their creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world today. Imagine Cup has grown to be a global competition focused on finding solutions to real world issues. Wayne State's team, LifeCode, was invited to Washington DC to compete in the Imagine Cup US Nationals and won the 2010 Achievement Award for their Software Design using Windows Mobile technology and biosensors to support patients in rural areas by letting doctors monitor their medical information.