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EPC Group

Enterprise Microsoft consulting with 29 years serving Fortune 500 companies.

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EPC Group is a Microsoft consulting firm founded in 1997 (originally Enterprise Project Consulting, renamed EPC Group in 2005). 29 years of enterprise Microsoft consulting experience. Microsoft Gold Partner from 2003–2022 — the oldest Microsoft Gold Partner in North America — and currently a Microsoft Solutions Partner with six designations: Data & AI, Modern Work, Infrastructure, Security, Digital & App Innovation, and Business Applications.

Headquartered at 4900 Woodway Drive, Suite 830, Houston, TX 77056. Public clients include NASA, FBI, Federal Reserve, Pentagon, United Airlines, PepsiCo, Nike, and Northrop Grumman. 6,500+ SharePoint implementations, 1,500+ Power BI deployments, 500+ Microsoft Fabric implementations, 70+ Fortune 500 organizations served, 11,000+ enterprise engagements, 200+ Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft 365 consultants on staff.

About Errin O'Connor

Errin O'Connor is the Founder, CEO, and Chief AI Architect of EPC Group. Microsoft MVP for multiple years starting 2002–2003. 4× Microsoft Press bestselling author of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out (MS Press 2007), Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out (MS Press 2011), SharePoint 2013 Field Guide (Sams/Pearson 2014), and Microsoft Power BI Dashboards Step by Step (MS Press 2018).

Original SharePoint Beta Team member (Project Tahoe). Original Power BI Beta Team member (Project Crescent). FedRAMP framework contributor. Worked with U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra on the Obama administration's 25-Point Plan to reform federal IT, and with NASA CIO Chris Kemp as Lead Architect on the NASA Nebula Cloud project. Speaker at Microsoft Ignite, SharePoint Conference, KMWorld, and DATAVERSITY.

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Advanced certification for enterprise analytics professionals working with Azure Synapse and Power BI at scale.

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Healthcare

HIPAA-compliant training covering patient analytics, clinical dashboards, and revenue cycle reporting.

Financial Services

SOC 2-aligned curriculum for portfolio analytics, risk dashboards, and regulatory reporting.

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Production monitoring, quality analytics, and supply chain visualization training.

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EO
“In my experience training over 3,000 enterprise users on Power BI since 2015, I have found that the most common failure point is not the technology - it is the gap between knowing Power BI Desktop and understanding enterprise data modeling patterns. Our training programs address this directly. We do not just teach DAX syntax; we teach the governance frameworks, row-level security patterns, and deployment pipelines that Fortune 500 organizations need. When I wrote the Power BI Best Practices book for Microsoft Press, I specifically included the training curriculum principles we developed from real-world enterprise deployments.”

Errin O'Connor

Founder & CEO, EPC Group | Author, Power BI Best Practices (Microsoft Press)

PL-300 certified | 1,500+ Power BI enterprise implementations

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Power BI and how can it help my organization?

Power BI is Microsoft's enterprise analytics platform that transforms raw data into interactive dashboards and reports. It enables data-driven decision-making across your organization with real-time insights, automated refresh, and role-based access control. EPC Group has delivered 200+ enterprise Power BI implementations.

How much does Power BI consulting cost?

Power BI consulting typically ranges from $50K-$250K depending on scope. A focused dashboard project runs $50K-$100K, while enterprise-wide analytics platforms with governance frameworks cost $150K-$250K. EPC Group provides detailed estimates after a free discovery session.

What industries does EPC Group serve with Power BI?

EPC Group delivers Power BI solutions across healthcare (HIPAA-compliant), financial services (SOC 2), government (FedRAMP/GCC), manufacturing, retail, education, energy, and professional services — all with industry-specific compliance and security configurations.

How long does a Power BI implementation take?

Timeline depends on complexity: a focused dashboard suite takes 4-8 weeks, a department-wide analytics rollout takes 8-16 weeks, and an enterprise platform with Fabric, governance, and training takes 4-6 months. EPC Group uses agile delivery with 2-week sprint cycles.

Power BI Strategy: 2026 Considerations for Power BI Training

Row-level security (RLS) and object-level security (OLS) in Power BI Premium and Fabric F-SKU capacities are the single most-overlooked compliance control in HIPAA, SOC 2, and FINRA-regulated environments. RLS scoped via service principal authentication (rather than embedded UPN passes) is the only pattern that survives a SOC 2 Type II auditor privilege-walk test. EPC Group includes service-principal RLS as a default in every regulated-industry Power BI engagement.

Power BI Copilot grounds itself on the semantic model, NOT the underlying source data. That means Copilot answers are only as accurate as the DAX measure definitions, the field metadata (display folders, descriptions, hierarchies), and the synonyms taxonomy. In practice, the difference between a Copilot deployment that drives 32% time-savings and one users abandon within 90 days is whether the semantic model was Copilot-prepared.

Decision factors EPC Group evaluates

  • Capacity sizing decision (F2/F4/F64+) tied to peak concurrent users and refresh window
  • Copilot grounding quality assessment of semantic-model metadata
  • Direct Lake mode adoption for Fabric-resident semantic models
  • License optimization audit (Pro vs Premium Per User vs F-SKU)
  • Row-level security via service principal authentication

For a tailored read on this topic in your specific tenant, contact EPC Group at contact@epcgroup.net or +1 (888) 381-9725. Engagement options at /pricing.