The SBS Group, which is one of my picks for Microsoft’s upcoming Master VAR program, kept on growing this week with the acquisition of Enterprise Solution Consultants. The Atlanta operation sells Dynamics GP and reportedly has more than 100 implementations over the last 12 years. Bob O’Brien, who was a principle at ESC, has become managing director of the unit that is now called SBS Atlanta.

Intuit has applied some standard channel management concepts to its ProAdvisor program - providing pricing tiers and other benefits that reward those with greater skills more than those who just join. Certified ProAdvisors get greater product discounts and more support under a new three-tier program. It penalizes those who do not obtain certification by ending the offer of free support to all of the more than 60,000 members. For all prospects, the cost to join the program goes from $499 to $599 as of September 13

RSM McGladrey, which operates one of the largest Microsoft Dynamics reselling businesses in the United States, is going to be rejoined to the traditional tax and accounting operations from which it grew. RSM McGladrey was part of McGladrey & Pullen, until Aug. 2, 1999 when H&R Block acquired it. Since then, RSM has operated with McGladrey & Pullen in what the parties termed an alternative practice structure. That always suggested the surgical separation was not a good idea and everyone knew it.