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The EPC Group blog collects the firm's working notes on enterprise Microsoft programs: Microsoft 365 and Copilot, Azure, Power BI and Fabric, Dynamics 365, security, governance and adoption. It is written for the architects, IT leaders and compliance owners who run those programs and need a specific decision explained rather than a product overview.

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Microsoft's New MAI Models: Why Model Diversity Matters for Enterprise AI Strategy
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Microsoft's New MAI Models: Why Model Diversity Matters for Enterprise AI Strategy

Microsoft introduced the MAI family — seven new in-house cloud models including MAI-Thinking-1 and MAI-Code-1-Flash. EPC Group decodes what owning a frontier reasoning model means for enterprises, and how to govern a multi-model future without your CRM giving four different answers.

Errin O'Connor
June 4, 2026
Microsoft Foundry at Build 2026: From AI Agent Demos to Production-Ready Enterprise Systems
AI & Innovation

Microsoft Foundry at Build 2026: From AI Agent Demos to Production-Ready Enterprise Systems

Microsoft Foundry is the multi-model control plane Microsoft just confirmed with OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, DeepSeek, and MAI all on one platform. EPC Group reads the Foundry IQ, ACS, and ASSERT trust stack — and what governance to build around agents before they go to production.

Errin O'Connor
June 4, 2026
Microsoft Fabric IQ and Power BI: Why Semantic Models Are Becoming the Brain of AI Agents
Data Analytics

Microsoft Fabric IQ and Power BI: Why Semantic Models Are Becoming the Brain of AI Agents

Fabric IQ is GA. Semantic models, certified ontologies, and operations agents change how analytics works in 2026. EPC Group, founding member of the Power BI Beta Team, lays out the semantic-model certification work that has to happen before AI grounds on your data.

Errin O'Connor
June 4, 2026
Work IQ, Microsoft IQ, and Agent 365: The New Context Layer for Enterprise AI Agents
AI & Innovation

Work IQ, Microsoft IQ, and Agent 365: The New Context Layer for Enterprise AI Agents

Work IQ goes GA June 16 2026. It is the context layer that lets every Microsoft AI agent reach across your tenant. EPC Group explains the Microsoft IQ umbrella, Agent 365 control plane, and the governance work to do before flipping the switch.

Errin O'Connor
June 3, 2026
Fabric DirectLake on OneLake: Enterprise Performance Architecture for Sub-Second Dashboards Over 1B+ Rows
Microsoft Fabric16 min read

Fabric DirectLake on OneLake: Enterprise Performance Architecture for Sub-Second Dashboards Over 1B+ Rows

Microsoft Fabric DirectLake on OneLake enterprise performance architecture: framing modes, V-Order optimization, fallback patterns, capacity sizing for billion-row datasets.

Errin O'Connor
May 11, 2026
Power BI Embedded vs Fabric Embedded 2026: ISV + Internal Embedded Analytics Decision Framework
Power BI15 min read

Power BI Embedded vs Fabric Embedded 2026: ISV + Internal Embedded Analytics Decision Framework

Power BI Embedded vs Fabric Embedded 2026 decision framework: pricing, capacity, multi-tenancy, security, ISV vs internal scenarios for enterprise embedded analytics.

Errin O'Connor
May 11, 2026
Power BI Performance Engineering: Sub-Second Dashboards for Fortune 500 Enterprises
Power BI16 min read

Power BI Performance Engineering: Sub-Second Dashboards for Fortune 500 Enterprises

Power BI Performance Engineering playbook: VertiPaq tuning, DAX optimization, aggregations, partitioning, capacity sizing for Fortune 500 sub-second enterprise dashboards.

Errin O'Connor
May 8, 2026
Microsoft Managed Analytics Services: Compliance-Native Operations Framework for Power BI, Fabric, and M365
Managed Services14 min read

Microsoft Managed Analytics Services: Compliance-Native Operations Framework for Power BI, Fabric, and M365

Microsoft Managed Analytics Services 2026: compliance-native managed operations for Power BI, Fabric, and Microsoft 365 platforms with HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP alignment.

Errin O'Connor
May 8, 2026
Microsoft 365 Change Management & Adoption Framework: Reducing Power BI and Copilot Rollout Resistance
Change Management14 min read

Microsoft 365 Change Management & Adoption Framework: Reducing Power BI and Copilot Rollout Resistance

Microsoft 365 change management and adoption framework for Power BI and Copilot rollouts. Stakeholder mapping, communication patterns, training, behavior reinforcement.

Errin O'Connor
May 7, 2026

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