30-Day Microsoft 365 Copilot Readiness Accelerator — $35,000 Fixed Fee
The bounded outcome you need before your Copilot rollout. Sensitivity labels deployed. DLP for Copilot enforcing. SharePoint permission surface remediated. Pilot audience live. Governance Attestation signed. Thirty days. $35,000. Fixed fee.
Who this is for
The accelerator is sequenced by TAR-8’s gating rules.
- Enterprise IT leader who has purchased (or is about to purchase) Microsoft 365 Copilot for 200-2,000 seats and needs governance in place before launch.
- Post-purchase org that has been sitting on unused Copilot licenses for 60-180 days because the security team blocked deployment.
- Regulated org (healthcare, financial services, federal, energy) that needs documented compliance posture to justify the rollout to auditors, board, or CISO.
Week 1 — Discovery
- Tenant configuration audit
- Sensitivity-label inventory (what's deployed today, what's missing)
- Purview posture assessment
- SharePoint permission scan (EEEU + Everyone report)
- Copilot Data Access baseline (if Copilot is already active)
Week 2 — Governance framework design
- 4-6 sensitivity label taxonomy design (Public / General / Confidential — Finance / Confidential — Legal / Highly Confidential — M&A / Highly Confidential — HR).
- Auto-labeling policy definition per content class.
- DLP for Copilot policy design (what gets blocked, why).
- RCD triage list — which SharePoint sites need immediate containment.
Week 3 — Rollout
- Deploy sensitivity labels via Purview.
- Deploy DLP for Copilot policies.
- Enable RCD on identified affected sites.
- Launch Copilot to pilot audience (200-500 seats).
Week 4 — Validation + attestation
- Run validation prompts to confirm DLP is blocking as intended.
- Generate the Copilot Data Access report exposure curve — the evidence artifact for auditors.
- Produce the Copilot Governance Attestation document — signed by tenant admin plus CISO or DPO. Audit-ready.
Exit criteria (all five before engagement closes)
- Sensitivity label taxonomy deployed and active across the tenant.
- DLP for Copilot policies enforcing label-based blocking.
- SharePoint EEEU report reduced by at least 60% via RCD + surgical remediation.
- Pilot audience (200-500 seats) actively using Copilot with a documented adoption baseline.
- Copilot Governance Attestation document signed by tenant admin + CISO or DPO.
Explicit out-of-scope
- Copilot Studio custom agent development.
- Power Platform ALM setup.
- Full Purview eDiscovery Premium rollout.
- Change-management / training program design.
- EA negotiation support (separate engagement).
Any of these can run concurrently as a separately-scoped engagement. The 30-day accelerator delivers the governance foundation, not the entire Copilot program.
Frequently Asked Questions
What exactly is the 30-Day Copilot Readiness Accelerator?
A $35,000 fixed-fee, 30-day engagement that takes your Microsoft 365 tenant from "we bought Copilot licenses and are afraid to turn them on" to "Copilot is deployed safely to the pilot audience with a documented, audit-ready governance posture." Every deliverable is scoped up front. Every outcome is measurable. No time-and-materials creep. Delivered by a senior EPC Group architect (not a junior consultant).
Who is it for?
Three archetypal buyers: (1) Enterprise IT leader who has purchased or is about to purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot for 200-2,000 seats and needs governance in place before launch. (2) Post-purchase org that has been sitting on unused Copilot licenses for 60-180 days because the security team blocked deployment. (3) Regulated org (healthcare, financial services, federal, energy) that needs documented compliance posture to justify the Copilot rollout to auditors, board, or CISO.
What are the week-by-week deliverables?
Week 1: Discovery — tenant configuration audit, sensitivity-label inventory, Purview posture assessment, SharePoint permission scan (EEEU + Everyone report), Copilot Data Access baseline. Week 2: Governance framework — 4-6 sensitivity label taxonomy design, auto-labeling policy definition, DLP for Copilot policy design, RCD triage list for affected sites. Week 3: Rollout — deploy sensitivity labels via Purview, deploy DLP for Copilot policies, enable RCD on identified affected sites, launch Copilot to pilot audience (200-500 seats). Week 4: Validation — run validation prompts to confirm DLP blocking, generate the Copilot Data Access report exposure curve, produce the containment attestation document.
What are the exit criteria?
Five documented outcomes before the engagement closes. (1) Sensitivity label taxonomy deployed and active across the tenant. (2) DLP for Copilot policies enforcing label-based blocking. (3) SharePoint EEEU report reduced by at least 60% via RCD + surgical remediation. (4) Pilot audience (200-500 seats) actively using Copilot with a documented adoption baseline. (5) Copilot Governance Attestation document signed by tenant admin + CISO or DPO — audit-ready.
Why $35,000 — how is that a fixed fee?
EPC Group has delivered this accelerator repeatedly since Copilot GA in November 2023. We know exactly what week 1 looks like, exactly what surfaces in week 2, and exactly how much senior-architect time each stage requires. The fixed fee reflects that experience — the tenant hasn't seen this playbook before, but the delivery team has. Fixed fee also means no scope-creep incentive on our side and no time-and-materials surprise on yours.
What if my tenant needs more than 30 days?
The accelerator produces a bounded outcome — sensitivity labels + DLP + pilot rollout. Larger orgs with 5,000+ seats or complex regulated postures typically extend into a follow-on 60-90 day engagement (fixed-fee scoped separately). Or into the managed Microsoft Services retainer for ongoing governance operations. Both paths are pre-scoped and quoted at the end of week 4 based on measured week-1-through-3 findings.
What does this NOT include?
Explicit out-of-scope: Copilot Studio custom agent development, Power Platform ALM setup, full Purview eDiscovery Premium rollout, change-management / training program design, EA negotiation support. These are separate engagements that can run concurrently — we'll flag them as needed but the 30-day accelerator delivers the governance foundation, not the entire Copilot program.
Book the accelerator
Six-week booking window is typical (senior architect availability). Fastest path is a 15-minute qualification call to confirm fit.
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