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Events

 

Microsoft Dynamics Webinars --  Register now for our free Microsoft Dynamics events ! All attendees eligible to win from an array of prizes including a weekend golf outing at Bavarian Inn, Detroit Tiger tickets, restaurant gift certificates, and more!

August 13th, 9 to 10 am, Microsoft Dynamics GP

August 13th, 10:30 to 11:30 am, Microsoft Dynamics CRM

August 21st, 9 to 10 am, Microsoft SharePoint

September 24th, 9 to 10 am, Microsoft Dynamics GP

September 24th, 10:30 to 11:30 am, Microsoft Dynamics CRM

September 25th, 9 to 10 am, Microsoft SharePoint

 

Click here to Register.

 

Vision 2008, October 16th at the VisTaTech Center!  --  Please mark your calendars now for Vision – our 11th Annual Client Conference & Expo being held again at the wonderful VisTaTech Center of Schoolcraft College in Livonia. This exciting day of learning and sharing ideas will feature a keynote address by a Microsoft Dynamics executive; valuable sessions on Future Directions and Tips & Tricks for Dynamics GP 10, Dynamics SL 7, Dynamics CRM; a technical track for SharePoint, SQL Reporting Services, and Business Intelligence; and thanks to popular demand, TWO hands-on user labs. You’ll also have plenty of time during the conference to visit with our key Solution Developers and Business Partners at the Silver and Gold Sponsor Exhibitor Hall. And of course, a delicious breakfast and lunch are included! Please contact Andree Dolan in Marketing at andreed@tmgroupinc.com or 888-482-2864 with any questions.

 

 

On Demand Events

 

Test Drives  -- Have you ever wanted to try out a new application instead of have it presented to you? Get hands-on time with the mid-market leading applications - Microsoft Business Solutions Microsoft Dynamics GP (Formerly Great Plains) and Microsoft Dynamics SL (Formerly Solomon) products are showcased in a one-on-one environment designed to give you an in-depth experience with the software and our team.   To learn more click here.

 

Client Webinars -- Is there a Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics GP (Formerly Great Plains) product you have been interested in but haven’t had enough time to set up a face-to-face demonstration? If so, our webinars are for you. All you need is a computer and an internet connection. Each product demo will be 30-60 minutes long with an opportunity for Q&A at the end. There is no obligation whatsoever for attending. To request a webinar click here.

 

News
 

 

July, 2008 -- The TM Group Named for an Unprecedented 19th-Consecutive Year as Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club Winner. The TM Group was honored at the July 2008 Microsoft World Partner Conference in Houston, Texas, with an unprecedented 19th consecutive year listing as a prestigious Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club member. The award recognizes the 25-year old technology consulting firm as one of the top 5% of Microsoft Dynamics partners internationally. “We are deeply grateful to our clients and talented staff who have helped make this impressive milestone a reality,” says Judy Thomas, President of the TM Group. “Our consistent depth and breadth of experience with Dynamics business solutions and the most advanced Microsoft technologies is unsurpassed. I am particularly proud that my team unfailingly maintains more master Dynamics certifications than any other partner in Michigan. And because of our deep investments in ongoing training and our team’s customer service passion and unsurpassed work ethics, we have a very successful track record in helping customers achieve their critical business goals.”

 

April, 2008 -- The TM Group Recognized as The Top Michigan Microsoft Dynamics Partner in Accounting Technology Magazine's VAR 100 2008 Winners. For the fourth year in a row, The TM Group was named as the highest ranking Microsoft Dynamics VAR in Michigan. This prestigious list compiled by Account Technology features all the top 100 Value Added Reseller organizations of mid-level accounting software in the USA based on company size and sales volume.

 

April, 2008 -- The TM Group Client New Horizons Tour and Travel Highlighted at Detroit Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Launch. Microsoft Corp. rolled out version 4.0 of its Microsoft Dynamics CRM customer relationship management software Tuesday in a Southfield launch event attended by roughly 200 people. One case study presented at the event featured Jackson-based New Horizons Tour and Travel Inc., and its CRM application, managed by Farmington Hills-based TM Group Inc. Snode said the system "allows our sales people to concentrate on selling, not spending so much time on operations. It'll relieve their operations work load and help them focus on what we need them to do, which is make us more money." Click here for More information.

 

September, 2007 -- The TM Group celebrates the 10th Vision Client Conference & Expo.  With over 300 attendees, The TM Group recently celebrated a decade of Vision at the VisTaTech Center of Schoolcraft College.  Representatives from over 24 Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) and Microsoft were also in attendance to help celebrate the occasion.  Vision is a full day no-charge event, the only one of its kind in the entire Great Lakes region, aimed at helping clients and prospects recognize the full potential of Dynamics products.  Jon Pratt, General Manager, Microsoft Dynamics, provided the keynote address and showed a Vision for the future of the GP and SL products.

 

July, 2007 -- TM Group Only Microsoft Partner in the World to be Named President's Club for 18th Consecutive Year -- Another historic first for The TM Group, for the 18th consecutive year we have again been named to the prestigious Microsoft Dynamics President's Club - the only Microsoft Partner in the world to win this award for 18 straight years. Click here for More information.

 

June, 2007 -- The TM Group achieves worldwide recognition.  The TM Group announced that it has been named one of the three most senior representatives of the Microsoft Dynamics GP product in the world!   TMG representatives attended a Dynamics GP reunion in Fargo, North Dakota, where they received on-stage recognition for this milestone. 

 

May, 2007 - The TM Group reaches 23 year milestone. The TM Group announced the celebration of its 23rd anniversary in business serving Michigan, Ohio and Indiana clients with Microsoft Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL and CRM products and professional services.  The oldest and most accomplished Microsoft Dynamics partner in Michigan is planning a celebration with its team for later this year.

 

January, 2007 -- The TM Group acquires Microsoft Dynamics practice from UHY Advisors MI.  The TM Group proudly announces the addition of UHY's Dynamics GP and Dynamics SL clients to it client family.  In addition, The TM Group has added 5 new consulting team members to augment its growing team.  "It is truly an honor to have been selected to assume this responsibility", said Judy Thomas, Vice-President of The TM Group.  "We are proud of our relationship with UHY Advisors, and thrilled to be given the opportunity to service their clients' needs and to welcome these fabulous consultants to our team." 

 

July, 2006 -- TM Group Named to Microsoft Business Solutions President's Club for 17th Consecutive Year -- Once again The TM Group has been named to the prestigious Microsoft Business Solutions President's Club in recognition of our exceptional sales achievement and customer satisfaction.

 

May, 2006 -- The TM Group Named Killer VAR by Accounting Technology Magazine In its most recent issue, The TM Group was named one of the top 100 Value Added Reseller organizations in the country.  The ranking is based on company size and sales volume.

 

December, 2005 -- The TM Group Honored as Top Technology Pacesetter by Accounting Technology Magazine

The TM Group has been honored as one of the USA’s Top 100 Technology Pacesetters by Accounting Technology and Accounting Today magazine.  This award recognizes The TM Group's strong industry leadership, sales success, and technology expertise.

 

September, 2005 -- Now on The TM Website -- Client Support Using GoToAssist -- We are very pleased to announce that you can now access our remote support technology, Citrix|Online GoToAssist, from our website. Click here for More information.

 

July, 2005 -- TM Group Named to Microsoft Business Solutions President's Club for 16th Consecutive Year -- The TM Group just received notification that once again, it has been named to the prestigious Microsoft Business Solutions President's Club.  This award recognizes exceptional sales achievement and customer satisfaction.  Read the attached Press Release for more information and congratulatory messaging from Microsoft Business Solutions.  Click here for more information.

 

June, 2005 -- TM Group Named Microsoft Gold Certified Managed Partner.  After an exceptional year in which almost all of our MBS Consulting team achieved Master Consultant status, The TM Group was again named a Microsoft Gold Certified Managed Partner with a certification in Microsoft Business Solutions.  To be named once was very special, but to be renamed for the second consecutive year affirms our belief in our products and our desire to remain at the top echelon of all partners in the world.

 

March, 2005 -- The TM Group is a member of the Steering Committee of the newly formed Detroit Chapter of the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners.  This fast-growing organization was founded to provide a knowledgebase and technical partner forum for enabling Microsoft Partners to leveraging each other's talents for the betterment of our clients.  Click here for the press release.

 

December, 2004 -- The TM Group is named Technology Pacesetter for 2004.

In their annual survey, Accounting Technology and Accounting Today Magazine named The TM Group as one of the Technology Pacesetters for 2004.  We are truly honored by this award given to the most elite resellers in the country.  The award is not solely dedicated to Microsoft partners, but is a survey of thousands of technology companies throughout the nation.

 

September, 2004 -- The TM Group Achieves Master Certification for 6 Consulting Team Members

It started as a challenge, and now it is reality.  We are very proud of the accomplishments of these six individuals.

 

August, 2004 -- The TM Group Receives Three Prestigious Microsoft Business Solutions Awards

President's Club (15th consecutive year, Gold Certified Partner Status for MBS, and Master Consultant Status.

 

July, 2004 -- Microsoft announces Gold Certified Partner status for The TM Group.  Microsoft recently announced that The TM Group is the Only Michigan recipient of Microsoft Gold Partner Certification for Microsoft Business Solutions-Microsoft Dynamics GP (Formerly Great Plains) and Microsoft Dynamics SL (Formerly Solomon).  This brings to us and our clients added expertise, certification and support.  This certification is only partially based on sales volume, but also on commitment to the products and to our staff increasing their already extensive knowledge of those products.  We are extremely proud of our accomplishment, and wanted to share it with you, our clients, for whom we continually strive to improve our quality. In addition, The TM Group achieved their 15th Consecutive President's Club Award for Microsoft Business Solutions!  We are the only MBS partner in the world that carries this year upon year

 

May, 2004 -- Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!  TM is 20! On May 1st, The TM Group celebrated the beginning of its 20th year in business and we owe a huge thank you to all of our employees and clients for enabling us to arrive at this special occasion.   We owe our success to the fabulous clients and team members we have been honored to work with as well as our extended Microsoft family.  We appreciate your business and your friendship throughout our years in business, and we look forward to many more!  We will be celebrating with our clients and friends at a summer celebration, so stay tuned for more information.

 

April, 2004 -- TM Presents XL Reporter to Microsoft Business Solutions Microsoft Dynamics GP (Formerly Great Plains) and Microsoft Dynamics SL (Formerly Solomon) Clients.  At a time in the economy when performance information is critical to the survival of a business, The TM Group presented the first of many web seminars on their latest product find -- Solver/iLytix XL Reporter.  Co-sponsored by Solver USA, this event drew a huge audience from TM's active client base.  The product not only can produce Excel-based budgets, forecasts and reports, but contains a fabulous "dashboard" creator that is capable of depicting business information graphically in a format every business manager or owner can understand.  "The best part", said Judy Thomas, VP of Business Development, "is that it's delivered in Excel, a product every one of our clients already knows.  This minimizes the learning and maximizes the productivity gains for this product.  We're very excited!"  To learn more about XL Reporter, click here.

 

March, 2004 -- TM Group Heats Up 5-Star Restaurant Group’s Accounting System.  In a time of tighter margins and tougher competition, a local multi-concept restaurant company is positively impacting their bottom-line through implementation of a new financial management system which is integrated to their catering management system. Utilizing Microsoft Business Solutions-Microsoft Dynamics GP (Formerly Great Plains) financial management software, the TM Group successfully implemented Epoch Restaurant Group’s new system to update and integrate the financial operations of Epoch’s multiple properties in less than 60 days, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Order Entry, and Bank Reconciliation. To learn more click here.

 

March, 2004 -- The TM Group bestows honors on three clients during its 7th Annual Client Conference -- Vision 2004.  Over 120 TM Group clients attended the annual Vision client event, and were treated to a variety of Microsoft Business Solutions and infrastructure topics. "This is the best event of its kind for our clients, and we were thrilled with the quality of our audience and our sponsors", said Scott Thomas, TM Group President & CEO. A favorite portion of the event is the presentation of the annual Vision awards. This year’s recipients were Quicken Loans/Rock Financial Corporation - Sponsorship Award, Palace Sports & Entertainment - Innovation Award, and Walters Gardens - Vision Award for Overall Excellence. To learn more click here.


February, 2004 -- Vision Client Conference The TM Group recently held its annual Vision Client conference at the Palace of Auburn Hills.  Over 110 TM Group Microsoft Business Solutions clients and 40+ sponsors enjoyed a day full of learning about upcoming features and add-on applications for Microsoft Dynamics GP (Formerly Great Plains) and Microsoft Dynamics SL (Formerly Solomon) applications.  To learn more about our annual Vision conference click here.

 

December, 2003 -- The TM Group announces complete certification of our Microsoft Dynamics GP (Formerly Great Plains) team for the eOne eXtender product.  Originally developed in Australia by eOne Solutions, eXtender brings new functionality, flexibility and customization possibilities to our Microsoft Dynamics GP (Formerly Great Plains) clients.  eXtender enables our team or our clients to create connected applications for any kind of data tracking against the Microsoft Dynamics GP (Formerly Great Plains) SQL database.  Entire applications can be created in a short amount of time, and one doesn't have to be a programmer to understand the logic.  TM is currently the only partner in Michigan fully certified to offer this amazing productivity and creativity tool to our clients. To learn more about eOne's eXtender click here.

 

August, 2003 -- Outstanding client performance has earned The TM Group a highly coveted place in Microsoft Business Solutions President's Club for 2003.  Every year, Microsoft Business Solutions recognizes partners who are doing an exceptional job in serving clients with powerful solutions using Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics GP (Formerly Great Plains) and Microsoft Dynamics CRM (Formerly Microsoft CRM) software.  These exceptional partners are invited to join the President's Club in annual recognition of their hard work and dedication to the mission of Microsoft Business Solutions  This is The TM Groups 14th consecutive year of making President's Club!  Thank you for helping us get there!  

May, 2003 -- The TM Group and Forex Business Solutions, Inc. Join Forces to Provide Unprecedented Support and Service in the Business Solutions Software Industry!  Click here to read press release.  Welcome new Forex clients!

 

 

   
 
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