Microsoft Fabric promises to unify your entire data estate under one platform, but the path from promise to production is riddled with licensing complexity, migration challenges, and architectural decisions that can make or break your ROI. EPC Group's QuickStart Assessment cuts through the noise in 2 weeks with a $15K fixed-fee engagement that delivers a concrete, actionable roadmap.
What You Get in 2 Weeks
Week 1: Discovery & Analysis
- Current data estate inventory and mapping
- 8-dimension Fabric readiness scoring
- Stakeholder interviews (8-12 people)
- Licensing and cost analysis
- Gap analysis document
Week 2: POC & Roadmap
- Proof-of-concept lakehouse deployment
- Sample data pipeline migration
- Phased migration roadmap (3-6-12 months)
- TCO comparison and ROI projections
- Executive presentation with recommendations
8 Readiness Dimensions
Data Maturity
Governance
Skills
Licensing
Architecture
Security
Workloads
Cost
Investment
$15,000
Fixed fee | 2 weeks | All deliverables included
Clients who proceed to implementation receive a $5,000 credit toward their Fabric deployment engagement.
Schedule Your AssessmentFrequently Asked Questions
What is included in the Microsoft Fabric QuickStart Assessment?
The 2-week QuickStart Assessment includes: Week 1 covers current state analysis of your data estate (data sources, volumes, pipelines, users), Fabric readiness scoring across 8 dimensions (data maturity, governance, skills, licensing, architecture, security, workloads, and cost), gap analysis between current state and Fabric target state, and stakeholder interviews with data engineering, analytics, and IT leadership. Week 2 delivers a proof-of-concept lakehouse deployment with a representative dataset, migration roadmap with phased approach and cost projections, licensing optimization recommendations (Fabric capacity vs. current spend), and an executive presentation with findings and recommendations.
Who should get a Fabric QuickStart Assessment?
The Fabric QuickStart Assessment is ideal for organizations that: currently use Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, or Azure Data Lake and want to evaluate consolidation to Fabric; have fragmented data platforms across multiple Azure services and want unified analytics; are considering Fabric vs. Databricks and need an objective evaluation; want to modernize their on-premises data warehouse to a cloud lakehouse architecture; or need to build a business case for Fabric investment with concrete ROI projections. The assessment is not appropriate for organizations with no existing Azure footprint or those with fewer than 100 analytics users.
How does the Fabric QuickStart differ from a full Fabric implementation?
The QuickStart Assessment ($15K, 2 weeks) is a strategic evaluation that answers "Should we adopt Fabric, and how?" It delivers a roadmap, not a production deployment. A full Fabric implementation ($75K-$300K+, 8-20 weeks) executes that roadmap: migrating data pipelines, building production lakehouses, implementing governance, training users, and deploying analytics workloads. Think of the QuickStart as the architectural blueprint and the implementation as the construction. EPC Group clients who complete the QuickStart receive a $5K credit toward their implementation engagement.
What are the 8 readiness dimensions evaluated?
EPC Group evaluates Fabric readiness across 8 dimensions, each scored 1-5: (1) Data Maturity - quality, cataloging, and lineage of existing data assets; (2) Governance - policies, ownership, and compliance frameworks in place; (3) Skills - team capabilities in SQL, Python, Spark, and cloud data engineering; (4) Licensing - current Microsoft licensing and Fabric capacity requirements; (5) Architecture - current data architecture alignment with Fabric patterns; (6) Security - identity management, network security, and data protection readiness; (7) Workloads - analytics, data engineering, and data science workload requirements; (8) Cost - TCO comparison of current state vs. Fabric deployment.
What is the $15K fixed fee and are there any additional costs?
The $15K fixed fee covers the complete 2-week QuickStart Assessment including all deliverables: readiness scorecard, gap analysis, POC lakehouse, migration roadmap, licensing recommendations, and executive presentation. There are no hidden costs. The only additional expenses would be: Fabric capacity costs for the POC (typically $100-$300 for the 2-week trial using Microsoft's free trial capacity where available), and travel expenses if onsite workshops are requested (most assessments are conducted virtually). The $15K investment typically identifies $50K-$200K in annual savings through platform consolidation and licensing optimization.
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About Errin O'Connor
Chief AI Architect & CEO, EPC Group
Errin O'Connor is an early adopter and expert in Microsoft Fabric, having led 40+ assessments and implementations since the platform's general availability. His deep understanding of both Fabric and competing platforms like Databricks and Snowflake enables objective, strategic recommendations.