SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the
undersigned does hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas L. Patz or Gary
C. Kaufman of MICROS Systems, Inc. ("MICROS") as the true and lawful
attorney for the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned and for the undersigned's use and benefit, to sign, swear to,
acknowledge, file and record, from time to time:

	1.	The Initial
Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities as Form 3 and all Statement
of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 or 5 to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with respect to MICROS,
pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

	2.	To take all
such further action which such attorney-in-fact shall consider necessary,
appropriate or convenient in connection with the foregoing, hereby giving
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever appropriate, requisite and necessary to be
done with respect to the foregoing as fully as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

	The foregoing grant of authority is a Special Power of
Attorney, and shall survive for so long as the undersigned is required to
report to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to MICROS.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Special Power of
Attorney on this 13 day of June, 2001.


				/s/___ Cynthia A. Russo
___________________
					Cynthia A. Russo

STATE OF MARYLAND	   	:

					   SS:
COUNTY OF HOWARD	:

	On this 13 day of June, 2001,
before me, a notary public in and for the State and County set forth above,
personally appeared Cynthia A. Russo, who known to me to be the person
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and being by me first
duly sworn acknowledged that he executed the same.




				/s/____Julie A. Griffin_____________
					(Notary Public)

My commission expires Feb. 29, 2004.
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