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About EPC Group

EPC Group was founded in 1997 by Errin O’Connor with a motive to help small, medium, and enterprise businesses embrace industry-leading Microsoft solutions to achieve more. Errin built this company with like-minded individuals. People that were passionate about serving businesses but focused more on people within those businesses. Today, 25 years later, EPC Group is still the fastest, innovative, and trusted company around.

EPC Group has grown to become one of the leading Microsoft Power BI, Office 365, MS Teams, and SharePoint technology consulting and software integration firms in the country. Keeping Microsoft at the forefront, they leverage time-tested deep expertise through proven “From the Consulting Trenches” strategies that serve as the foundation for innovative solutions and services for thousands of organizations.

As a Microsoft Gold Partner, EPC Group has earned many Gold Competencies that demonstrate their “best-in-class” capabilities to meet today’s mobile-first and cloud-first world. EPC Group supports the entire Microsoft portfolio, including Power BI, Office 365, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Teams, SharePoint, Power Apps, Azure, and the latest Microsoft Viva. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, EPC Group has more than 200 employees working remotely throughout the globe.

OUR VISION AND MISSION

To Put Organization At The Center Of Enterprise Innovation.

OUR VISION

To become the most trusted Managed IT Consulting service provider by helping businesses and our clients implement appropriate Microsoft solutions that will help them achieve their aspirations.

OUR MISSION

To offer customized solutions and services that improve performance and outcomes while maximizing operational efficiencies. We want to set benchmarks with our expertise, excellence, and quality service.

OUR VALUES

Making People's Lives Healthier Safer And More Fulfilling

Customer Centricity

Offering superior quality, value, and service with customer-first approach.

Honesty

We’re open, clear, and direct in ommunications, explanations and executions

Integrity

We believe in building trust through worthy actions and honest relationships.

Agility

We don’t mind challenging the status quo with open minds, focus, and speed.

Accountability

Each of us takes responsibility for our words, our actions, and our results.

Transparency

We provide complete visibility into the successes, and sometimes failures.

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Why Choose Us

Why Organizations Recognize EPC Group's Consulting Services as the Industry Leader

EPC Group wrote the book on SharePoint & Power BI

Microsoft Partner for 25+ Years

Over 4 million Office 365 users successfully migrated

200+ years combined senior team migration experience

Expertise migrating to Office 365 in every vertical

EPC Group's Chief Architect Errin O'Connor was on the original SharePoint and Office 365 Beta teams

OUR FOUNDER

We Are Here To Help - Please Talk To Us If You Have Any Questions Or Concerns

EPC Group has a long history as one of the leading Microsoft Power BI, Office 365, MS Teams and SharePoint technology consulting and software integration firms in the country. Founded in 1997, EPC Group has been pioneering the way organizations collaborate, communicate and share information. We leverage our time-tested deep expertise through proven “From the Consulting Trenches” strategies that serve as the foundation for our solutions and services for thousands of organizations. Our award-winning strategies focus on harnessing your orgnization’s granular business requirements to provide end-to-end solutions to meet your company’s needs.

 
Errin
Founder / Chief Architect

Our Journey

Our Journey of Development of EPC
1997
The Journey Begins
Errin O’Connor founded EPC Group. Its initial name was “Enterprise Project Consulting”. Later he changed it to EPC Group in 2005.
1997
2000
Microsoft SharePoint Beta Team
EPC Group became a part of the Microsoft SharePoint Beta Team through Project Tahoe. Later Microsoft released it as “SharePoint 2001”.
2000
2004
Launched MS Dynamics 365 Practice
EPC Group launched Microsoft Dynamics 365 practice, continuing efforts in growing their portfolio of cloud-based Microsoft solutions offering.
2004
2005
Launched Webpartgallery. Com Gallery
We have Launched webpartgallery. com Gallery
2005
2006
Azure Product Testing Team
EPC Group participated in Azure Product Testing Team and became the ideal partner to develop integrated business solutions in Azure Cloud.
2006
2007
Publications & Managed Services
1) Launched IT Managed Services
2) Published First Book: Official Microsoft Press published first book - Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 Inside Out written by Errin O’Connor, CEO Of EPC Group.
2007
2010
Published Second Book
Official Microsoft Press published the second book written by EPC Group’s CEO Errin O’Connor - Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside out.
2010
2011
Office 365 Product Testing Team
EPC Group was a part of the Office 365 product testing team. The Microsoft cloud-based productivity suite succeeded the earlier Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite offerings.
2011
2013
Published Third Book
The Official Microsoft Press published the third consecutive book written by Errin O’Connor - SharePoint 2013 Field Guide: Advice from the Consulting Trenches. The book contained the very first iteration of SharePoint online.
2013
2015
Microsoft Teams Launch Project
EPC Group participated in the project signified to upgrade Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams. It defined the key project logistics, including scope, business goals, success metrics, risks, and timeline.
2015
2016
Participated In Microsoft BI Studies
EPC Group continuously participated in numerous Business Intelligence studies conducted by Microsoft and aimed to enhance Business Intelligence Stack and related product offering.
2016
2018
Published Fourth Book
The Official Microsoft Press published Errin O’Connor’s fourth book - Microsoft Power BI Dashboards Step by Step. It was the first Kindle edition made available with Free Kindle Apps, Kindle E-readers, and on Fire Tablet devices.
2018
2019
Microsoft Business Applications Summit
EPC Group’s CEO Errin O’Connor was a guest and session presenter at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2019. His session - Microsoft Power BI: Building and implementing a governance strategy.
2019
2020
Expanded Operations To 4 States
EPC Group expanded our footprint into 4 additional States within the Continental USA.
2020
2021
Expanded Operations To 3 States
EPC Group expanded our footprint into 3 additional States within the Continental USA.
2021
2022
EPC Group Appoints New Strategic Advisor
EPC Group appoints William H. "Billy" Bauch as Strategic Advisor of EPC Group to accelerate firmwide operational performance and growth of the company's business model as well as the oraganizations overall continued expansion.
2022
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OUR PUBLICATIONS

Errin O’Connor, The Founder And Chief Architect For EPC Group Is Also The Author Of Microsoft Press Books Covering Power BI, SharePoint, And Office 365.

Books Showcase

Microsoft Power BI Dashboards Step by Step – By Microsoft Press

Microsoft Power BI Dashboards Step by Step guides you through creating world-class business analysis dashboards that integrate today’s most widely-used data sources, using any of Microsoft’s Power BI platforms, including the new Power BI Premium. Author Errin O’Connor has worked with 70+ Fortune® 500 companies and led 450+ Power BI engagements: he is singularly well-qualified to guide you through successfully designing, architecting, and implementing Power BI in your organization. Using real-world examples and success stories, this full-color, hands-on guide walks through the key decisions analysts and developers need to make upfront, and introduces all the concepts, skills, and techniques you’ll need to achieve your goals

  • Aggregating data and data elements from numerous internal and external data sources
  • Building rich, live dashboards to monitor crucial data from across your organization
  • Developing dynamic visualizations, including charts, maps, graphs, and more
  • Creating stunning interactive reports
  • Driving user adoption through effective training
  • Taking full advantage of Microsoft’s powerful new Power BI Premium

Whether you’re new to Power BI or you’ve already built Power BI dashboards, O’Connor supports you throughout your entire data journey, as you bring raw data to life through dynamic visualizations that deliver actionable intelligence for your entire organization

SharePoint 2013 Field Guide: Advice From The Consulting Trenches – By SAMS Publishing | Pearson

Get a team of senior-level SharePoint consultants by your side, helping you optimize your success throughout your entire SharePoint 2013 / Office 365 SharePoint Online initiative!

SharePoint 2013 Field Guide: Advice From the Consulting Trenches reveals how world-class consultants approach, plan, implement and deploy SharePoint 2013 and Office 365’s SharePoint Online to ensure its long-term success. This real-world guide covers every phase and element of the process drawing from the success of EPC Group’s 1000+ SharePoint and Office 365 deployments.

  • Initial “whiteboarding” of potential overall solutions
  • Consideration of existing infrastructure, including older versions of SharePoint
  • Developing roadmaps, architectures, security, compliance, and detailed, step-by-step implementation plans
  • Best Practices covering SharePoint 2013 On-Premise as well as Office 365’s SharePoint Online Successfully executing your SharePoint / Office 365 implementation plan, testing, and “going live”
  • Proven strategies around the “public, private, and hybrid cloud”  for SharePoint 2016 and Office 365’s SharePoint Online
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Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 – Inside Out – By Microsoft Press

Dive in to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and learn how to connect and empower your users. This in-depth reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips and workarounds in a supremely organized format. Discover how the experts tackle SharePoint Foundation 2010 and challenge yourself! Build team sites with no-code solutions, modify and share content with SharePoint lists and libraries. Learn how to development and implement governance policies to plan SharePoint’s site structure and how to design custom SharePoint solutions using the .NET framework.

Build communities that empower people to work together in new ways
  • Simplify information sharing, make team collaboration more efficient
  • Create sites for employees, partners, and customers to collaborate securely
  • Direct the entire content lifecycle from creation to disposition
  • Use SharePoint Search to find people and information anywher
  • Customize site appearance with cascading style sheet
  • Use SharePoint Foundation with other products, including Excel Services, and Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Inside Out – By Microsoft Press

Learn everything you need to know for working with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Version 3.0–from the inside out! This book packs hundreds of time-saving solutions, troubleshooting tips and workarounds for using Windows SharePoint Services–all in concise, fast answer format. This information-packed complete reference shows you how to get the most out of Windows SharePoint Services. You will learn how to simplify information sharing, make team collaboration more efficient and improve your personal productivity. You’ll discover how to design workflows and projects for SharePoint sites, manage design teams and source control and use cascading style sheets to control site appearance. You’ll get to explore new features for using Windows SharePoint Services with blogs, RSS and wikis. You’ll even learn how to use Windows SharePoint Services with other products, including Microsoft Office Excel Services, Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System.

  • Makes hundreds of tips, tricks, and workarounds easy to find and apply with the award-winning Inside Out format
  • Drills into the features and functions in Windows SharePoint
  • Services, delivering comprehensive details–but no fluff–in a single volume
  • Interactive companion CD with CBT’s from EPC Group, tools, eBooks, and more

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