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EPC Group

Enterprise Microsoft consulting with 29 years serving Fortune 500 companies.

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About EPC Group

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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Azure OpenAI Consulting New York

Senior-architect-led, fixed-fee, governance-first

New York Senior Microsoft Architects

New York Azure OpenAI Enterprise Deployment Partner

New York Azure OpenAI Consulting Overview

EPC Group ships production-grade Azure OpenAI deployments for New York City enterprises — financial services (FINRA-aware controls), legal (privilege-aware filtering), healthcare (HIPAA BAA coverage), and media. RAG over enterprise data, governance overlays, audit-ready logging. Fixed-fee, senior-architect-led, 30-40% below Big 4.

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New York Azure OpenAI Consulting Capabilities

From architecture to production to managed run — EPC Group covers the full lifecycle for New York enterprises.

Reference Architecture

Proven patterns from 47+ EPC Group Azure OpenAI Consulting engagements — battle-tested in production at Fortune 500 scale.

Fixed-Fee Accelerators

Pilot $35K, production $95K, enterprise $185K. Outcomes guaranteed against deliverables, not hours.

Compliance-Native

HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP, CMMC controls baked in from day one. Zero governance audit failures across 11,000+ engagements.

Senior Architect Access

Every engagement has a named architect with 15+ years experience. Architect-to-engineer ratio 1:3 (vs Big 4 1:8-12).

30-Day Pilot Path

From kickoff to working pilot in 30 days for clear use cases. Audit-ready, governance-overlaid, monitored.

Managed Run

Optional 24/7 managed services after deployment — capacity tuning, security posture, KPI drift detection.

New York Azure OpenAI Consulting FAQ

What does Azure OpenAI Consulting cost in New York?

EPC Group New York Azure OpenAI Consulting engagements run from $35K (3-week pilot accelerator) through $185K (enterprise rollout with governance, RAG, and 5+ use cases). All fixed-fee — no time-and-materials surprise invoices.

How long does a New York deployment take?

Pilot to production typically 6-8 weeks for a single use case. Enterprise rollout with governance and 3-5 production use cases: 12-18 weeks. EPC Group accelerator templates compress the timeline when use cases are clear.

Why choose EPC Group over Accenture or Avanade in New York?

Senior-architect-led delivery (no junior consultants billing at architect rates), fixed-fee predictable budget, 30-40% lower than Big 4 published rates, governance-first approach with zero audit failures across 11,000+ engagements, and 4-time Microsoft Press author leading the practice.

Is the deployment HIPAA / SOC 2 / FedRAMP framework contributor?

Yes. EPC Group builds compliance-native — every architectural decision maps to a control. Zero governance audit failures across 47 third-party HIPAA/SOC 2/FedRAMP/CMMC assessments triggered by EPC-built environments.

Can EPC Group work onsite in New York?

Yes — senior architects travel to New York for kickoff workshops, executive readouts, and architecture reviews when on-site presence accelerates outcomes. Day-to-day delivery is hybrid (remote-first with selective on-site).

Ready to Ship in New York?

30-minute discovery call — we map your use case to a fixed-fee accelerator within 48 hours.

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Azure Architecture: 2026 Considerations for Azure Openai Consulting New York

Azure Landing Zones (Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework) in 2026 are the de facto starting point for every enterprise Azure deployment. The Enterprise-scale landing zone deploys management groups, hub-spoke networking, Azure Policy initiative assignments, Azure Monitor + Log Analytics, and Microsoft Sentinel in a single Bicep/Terraform run; the compressed bootstrap that used to take 6-12 weeks of architect time can now finish in 4-7 days.

FinOps in Azure 2026 is no longer optional at any meaningful scale: Azure Reservations (1-yr or 3-yr commits) deliver 30-72% savings on predictable VM workloads, Azure Savings Plans extend the discount to compute portability across instance families, and Azure Hybrid Benefit lets BYOL Windows Server and SQL Server licenses cut compute costs by an additional 40-49%. Typical Azure cost-optimization engagements return 25-40% of annual Azure spend within 90 days.

Decision factors EPC Group evaluates

  • Azure Policy initiative assignment for Azure Government readiness
  • Confidential Computing enclave evaluation for regulated workloads
  • Enterprise-scale landing zone bootstrap via Bicep/Terraform
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud benchmark alignment
  • Reservation + Savings Plan portfolio for predictable workloads

EPC Group covers this topic across the relevant engagement portfolio. Reach the firm at contact@epcgroup.net for a 30-minute architect conversation.