
Case Study: Manufacturing M&A 3-Tenant Consolidation
Manufacturing company consolidates 3 M365 tenants after $2B acquisition. $1.8M annual savings.
Manufacturing company consolidates 3 M365 tenants after $2B acquisition. $1.8M annual savings.

This case study illustrates the operational outcomes of a Fortune 500 industrial manufacturer's Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant consolidation following multi-acquisition activity — driven by Microsoft Fabric OT/IT analytics, SAP integration, Microsoft Defender for IoT deployment, and Microsoft 365 Copilot governance.
EPC Group has delivered Microsoft 365 tenant consolidations for Fortune 500 manufacturing organizations since the original Microsoft 365 era (2014).
18-month Microsoft 365 Tenant Consolidation + Microsoft Fabric Manufacturing Analytics Accelerator + Microsoft Defender for IoT.
Microsoft 365 tenant consolidation at 30K user scale with parallel Microsoft Fabric OT/IT analytics deployment, SAP CDC integration, and Microsoft Defender for IoT typically requires 12-24 months for proper sequencing.
Microsoft Fabric OT/IT analytics delivered $12M+ annual OEE improvement plus $4M+ annual licensing rationalization vs Snowflake-Power BI alternative architecture.
Microsoft Defender for IoT was deployed across 60 facilities for OT visibility. Microsoft Defender for IoT integrates with Microsoft Sentinel for unified IT + OT SOC.
Errin O'Connor (CEO, 4-time Microsoft Press author including Power BI book, Project Crescent original beta team) led. Senior manufacturing architects with SAP integration + Microsoft Fabric + Microsoft Defender for IoT experience.
Schedule a 30-minute manufacturing Microsoft 365 consolidation discovery call at /schedule or call (888) 381-9725. Senior architects (not sales) take discovery calls.
Related reading: Microsoft 365 Tenant-to-Tenant Migration Enterprise Guide, Microsoft Fabric Manufacturing Analytics Enterprise Guide, Microsoft Defender for IoT Enterprise Guide, Microsoft Fabric Consulting Services Enterprise, and Case Study Healthcare M365 Tenant Migration 50K Users.
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