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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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EPC Group Marks Federal Reserve eDiscovery Role During TARP as Governance Discipline Powers 2026 Copilot
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EPC Group Marks Federal Reserve eDiscovery Role During TARP as Governance Discipline Powers 2026 Copilot

EPC Group reflects on its Federal Reserve eDiscovery role during the Troubled Asset Relief Program and how that governance discipline powers the firm 2026 Microsoft Copilot enablement practice.

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Errin O Connor Marks 17 Years Since Keynoting Gartner Portals, Content and Collaboration Summit
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Errin O Connor Marks 17 Years Since Keynoting Gartner Portals, Content and Collaboration Summit

Errin O Connor, EPC Group Founder and Chief AI Architect, marks 17 years since keynoting Gartner Portals, Content and Collaboration Summit — a milestone in the firm 29-year Microsoft consulting history.

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Open and semi-open frontier in 2026 — DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale, Qwen 3 Max 256K context, Llama 4 Scout 10M context, and the six-point safe adoption framework.

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EPC Group Launches Enterprise Power BI Governance and Optimization Offering

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All articles are written or reviewed by EPC Group's senior architects. CEO Errin O'Connor — a 4× Microsoft Press bestselling author — contributes regularly. Each article reflects real experience from enterprise client engagements, not theoretical guidance.

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Yes. EPC Group holds core Microsoft Solutions Partner designations — Data and AI, Modern Work, Infrastructure, Security, Digital and App Innovation, and Business Applications. Fewer than 50 firms globally hold all six. EPC Group held continuous Microsoft Gold Partner status from 2016 until program retirement in 2022, the longest of any firm in North America.

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