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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. EPC Group historically held the distinction of being the oldest continuous Microsoft Gold Partner in North America from 2016 until the program's retirement. Because Microsoft officially deprecated the Gold/Silver tiering framework, EPC Group transitioned to the modern Microsoft Solutions Partner ecosystem and currently holds the core Microsoft Solutions Partner designations.

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 multiple years, first awarded 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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Fixed Fee Accelerator Packages Microsoft Consulting | EPC Group - EPC Group enterprise consulting

Fixed Fee Accelerator Packages Microsoft Consulting | EPC Group

Enterprise Microsoft consulting insights from EPC Group — 29 years serving Fortune 500.

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Fixed-Fee Accelerator Packages: Predictable Microsoft Consulting

By Errin O'Connor | April 2026 | 10 min read

No Surprises. No Scope Creep. No Blank Checks.

Every EPC Group accelerator has a fixed price, defined deliverables, and a guaranteed timeline. You know exactly what you're getting and what it costs before we start.

The Accelerator Catalog

Power BI QuickStart

$15K-$35K

6 weeks

  • ✓ 1-2 production dashboards
  • ✓ Data architecture review
  • ✓ Governance recommendations
  • ✓ 90-day roadmap

SharePoint Migration Assessment

$15K-$25K

2 weeks

  • ✓ Content inventory & analysis
  • ✓ Permission mapping
  • ✓ Migration plan & timeline
  • ✓ Risk assessment

AI Readiness Assessment

$25K-$50K

2-4 weeks

  • ✓ AI tool inventory
  • ✓ BYOAI risk score
  • ✓ Copilot readiness
  • ✓ Governance roadmap

M365 Security Audit

$20K-$40K

2-3 weeks

  • ✓ Secure Score review
  • ✓ Permission audit
  • ✓ Purview compliance check
  • ✓ Remediation priorities

Azure Data Platform Fast-Track

$15K-$35K

4-6 weeks

  • ✓ Architecture design
  • ✓ Fabric/Synapse setup
  • ✓ Data pipeline POC
  • ✓ Cost optimization plan

Analytics Governance Accelerator

$20K-$40K

3-4 weeks

  • ✓ Governance framework
  • ✓ Purview configuration
  • ✓ RLS/OLS policies
  • ✓ Compliance mapping

The Accelerator → Expansion Path

Every accelerator is designed as a low-risk entry point that proves value before expanding:

START

Accelerator

$15K-$50K

2-6 weeks

→

EXPAND

Implementation

$50K-$200K

2-4 months

→

SUSTAIN

Managed Services

$8K-$20K/mo

Ongoing

Start with an Accelerator

Prove value in weeks, not months. Fixed price. Defined deliverables. Guaranteed timeline.

Choose Your Accelerator →

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does EPC Group offer fixed-price consulting?

Yes. EPC Group offers fixed-fee accelerator packages for Power BI CoE, SharePoint migration, Azure data platform, Microsoft 365 governance, AI readiness, and security audits. Prices start at $15,000 with defined deliverables, timelines, and outcomes.

What is a Power BI QuickStart?

EPC Group's Power BI QuickStart is a 6-week fixed-fee engagement ($15K-$35K) that delivers 1-2 production dashboards, a data architecture review, governance recommendations, and a 90-day roadmap. It's designed for organizations that need fast, visible results without a multi-month engagement.

How fast can EPC Group deliver?

Most accelerator packages deliver results in 2-6 weeks. Power BI QuickStart: 6 weeks. SharePoint Migration Assessment: 2 weeks. AI Readiness Assessment: 2-4 weeks. M365 Security Audit: 2-3 weeks. Azure Data Platform Fast-Track: 4-6 weeks.

What if my project grows beyond the accelerator scope?

Accelerators are designed as entry points. If your project needs expand, we provide a detailed expansion proposal with the same fixed-fee transparency. Many clients start with a $15K-$25K accelerator and expand to $50K-$200K implementations — but only after proving value first.

Are accelerator packages good for enterprise organizations?

Absolutely. Most of our accelerator clients are 500-50,000+ employee enterprises in healthcare, finance, and government. The fixed-fee model actually appeals MORE to enterprise procurement because it provides budget certainty and reduces vendor risk.

Industry Context: 2026 Notes for Blog Fixed Fee Accelerator Packages Microsoft Consulting

EPC Group 29-year Microsoft consulting heritage matters specifically because Microsoft platform decisions today are layered on top of 25 years of architectural choices: Active Directory schema decisions from 2005 affect Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policy design in 2026; SharePoint 2003 information architecture decisions affect Copilot grounding quality in 2026. The firms that can navigate that depth (fewer than a dozen Microsoft Solutions Partners in North America) have a structural advantage on enterprise Microsoft migrations.

Microsoft Solutions Partner status (six designations: Data & AI, Modern Work, Infrastructure, Security, Digital & App Innovation, Business Applications) replaced the legacy Microsoft Gold Partner program in 2022. EPC Group held Gold Partner status from 2003 to 2022 (the oldest continuous Gold Partner in North America) and currently holds all six Solutions Partner designations; a credentialing footprint shared by fewer than 50 firms globally and typically used by Microsoft field teams as a vetting gate for enterprise Customer 0 nominations and named-account engagements.

Decision factors EPC Group evaluates

  • Vendor consolidation analysis
  • Compliance and governance posture review
  • Enterprise architecture roadmap
  • Cost optimization and licensing audit
  • Microsoft platform capability assessment

See related EPC Group services at /services or schedule a discovery call at /contact.

Enterprise Fixed Fee Accelerator Packages Microsoft from EPC Group

This deep-dive on Fixed Fee Accelerator Packages Microsoft reflects EPC Group's 29 years of Microsoft-exclusive consulting and the field experience of senior architects who have shipped enterprise environments for Fortune 500 customers across regulated industries. The patterns and trade-offs here come from production work, not vendor decks.

EPC Group publishes practitioner-grade content because the buying audience for enterprise Microsoft consulting evaluates depth, not adjectives. Every guide pairs the technical position with how a senior architect would execute it, including the compliance, governance, and adoption considerations that determine whether the implementation survives audit and adoption.

Manufacturing and energy

For multi-plant manufacturers and energy operators, EPC Group integrates Microsoft 365 with operational technology, protects intellectual property through Purview labels and Endpoint DLP, and provisions frontline workers with F1 and F3 licensing patterns. Multi-region rollouts include data residency planning and offline-capable Power Platform apps for shop-floor environments.

How EPC Group engages

Six-phase methodology applied to every engagement, compressed for fixed-fee accelerators and extended for full programs.

  1. Discovery — two-week assessment of the current estate, gap analysis, risk register, target architecture, costed remediation roadmap.
  2. Design — senior architect produces the target topology, identity framework, Conditional Access, Purview, governance model, and security posture, reviewed by client leads.
  3. Pilot — 25 to 100 user pilot in a real business unit. Migrate, apply baselines, test integrations, capture feedback.
  4. Wave rollout — migrate in waves of 500 to 2,500 users with communications, training, hypercare, and a per-wave retrospective.
  5. Adoption — role-based training, Champions network, executive sponsor enablement, metrics tracked against a measured baseline.
  6. Operate — optional managed-services retainer for license optimization, governance reviews, security monitoring, and quarterly business reviews.

Microsoft-only since 1997

29 years of Microsoft-exclusive consulting. Microsoft Solutions Partner with core designations across Modern Work, Security, and Data & AI.

EPC Group was the oldest continuous Microsoft Gold Partner in North America from 2016 until program retirement in 2022. Errin O'Connor authored four Microsoft Press bestsellers covering Power BI, SharePoint, Azure, and large-scale migrations.

Financial services

For banks, asset managers, and broker-dealers, EPC Group engineers SOC 2 audit trails, FINRA Rule 4511 and SEC 17a-4 retention, MNPI containment, and Communication Compliance for trading floors. Microsoft Purview Audit Premium with seven-year tamper-evident retention is the standard baseline; Defender for Cloud Apps detects shadow-AI exfiltration before it reaches a compliance event.

Engagement models

Three engagement models cover most enterprise needs. Most clients start with a fixed-fee accelerator and grow into a full program or a managed-services retainer.

  • Fixed-fee accelerators — Copilot Readiness, Security Hardening, Tenant Health Check, SharePoint Migration, Teams Governance. Defined scope and price. Typical range $25,000 to $150,000 over four to twelve weeks.
  • Project engagements — full migration or governance program with milestone-based billing. Discovery through hypercare. Typical range $150,000 to $750,000-plus over three to nine months.
  • Managed services — tiered retainer for ongoing operations. Named senior architect on the account. From $3,500 per month with a twelve-month minimum.

Senior-architect-led delivery

Every engagement is led and staffed by 15 to 20 year veterans. No rotating juniors learning on your tenant. The bench includes hundreds of Microsoft-certified consultants who have shipped real production environments for Fortune 500 customers across SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Power BI, Azure, and Microsoft Copilot.

Talk to a senior architect

30-minute discovery call. No pitch deck. Call (888) 381-9725 or schedule a discovery call and a senior architect responds within one business day.