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EPC Group

Enterprise Microsoft consulting with 29 years serving Fortune 500 companies.

(888) 381-9725
contact@epcgroup.net
4900 Woodway Drive - Suite 830
Houston, TX 77056

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About EPC Group

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. Microsoft Gold Partner from 2003–2022 — the oldest Microsoft Gold Partner in North America — and currently a Microsoft Solutions Partner with six designations: Data & AI, Modern Work, Infrastructure, Security, Digital & App Innovation, and Business Applications.

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 for multiple years starting 2002–2003. 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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Microsoft Copilot Enterprise Consulting Houston

30-day rollout accelerator — security, governance, and Copilot Studio agents

Houston Senior Copilot Architects

Houston Microsoft Copilot Enterprise Consulting

Houston Microsoft Copilot Consulting Overview

EPC Group is Houston's deepest Microsoft Copilot deployment partner — M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, custom agents, security audits, oversharing remediation, and 30-day rollout accelerators. 700+ M365 tenants secured for Copilot. 9 Houston healthcare systems live in production. Fixed-fee, senior-architect-led.

Book Houston Copilot Discovery (888) 381-9725

Houston Copilot Capabilities

From readiness audit to production deployment to ongoing governance — EPC Group covers the full Copilot lifecycle.

Copilot Security Review

47-point audit covering sensitivity labels, oversharing, conditional access, audit logs, BYOAI risk. $25K fixed-fee, 2-week delivery.

M365 Copilot 30-Day Rollout

Pilot to 100-500 users in 30 days. License optimization, training, change management, success metrics. $95K fixed-fee.

Copilot Studio Custom Agents

Purchase request, customer service triage, sales scoring, HR Q&A. Grounded in SharePoint/Fabric/Azure OpenAI. Governance overlay built in.

Permissions Remediation

SharePoint oversharing fix — 6-step pattern. Documented across 700+ tenants. Removes broken inheritance, EVERYONE claims, anonymous links.

Copilot Governance

Sensitivity-label enforcement, Purview integration, audit log retention, hallucination flags, override audit trail. Board-readout templates.

Copilot for Power BI

Smart narratives, natural-language Q&A, executive summary generation. Wired into existing Power BI deployments without re-platforming.

Why Houston Enterprises Pick EPC Group for Copilot

  • 700+ M365 tenants secured for Copilot deployment — the deepest tenant-security playbook in Texas.
  • 9 Houston healthcare systems live in production with M365 Copilot under HIPAA BAA — zero PHI exposure events.
  • 30-day rollout accelerator moves your pilot from license-purchased to value-realized in 4 weeks.
  • 30-40% lower than Big 4 — fixed-fee, senior architects on every engagement, no junior-consultant rate inflation.
  • Errin O'Connor, 4-time Microsoft Press author and Microsoft AI MVP, leads every architecture review.

Houston Copilot FAQ

How much does Microsoft Copilot consulting cost in Houston?

EPC Group Houston Copilot engagements: $25K Copilot Security Review (47-point audit), $50K Copilot Readiness + Remediation (8-week sprint), $95K 30-Day Production Rollout (M365 Copilot for 100-2,000 users), $185K Enterprise Rollout (5,000+ users with governance and Copilot Studio agents). All fixed-fee.

Is Microsoft Copilot HIPAA compliant?

Microsoft 365 Copilot is covered under the M365 HIPAA BAA when deployed in a properly configured tenant. EPC Group has shipped Copilot to 9 Houston healthcare systems with the 47-point security review (sensitivity labels, oversharing remediation, conditional access, audit logging) — zero PHI exposure events.

How long does a Houston enterprise Copilot deployment take?

EPC Group ships M365 Copilot to a pilot user group of 100-500 in 30 days flat (the "30-Day Rollout Accelerator"). Enterprise rollout to 5,000+ users with governance, Copilot Studio agents, and change management runs 12-16 weeks.

What about Copilot data oversharing risk?

Real risk. 80% of M365 tenants have SharePoint/OneDrive permissions issues that Copilot will surface to wrong users on day one. EPC Group runs a Copilot Permissions Audit (broken inheritance, anonymous links, EVERYONE-claims) before deployment and remediates in a 6-step pattern. Documented across 700+ tenants.

Can EPC Group build custom Copilot agents in Copilot Studio?

Yes — Copilot Studio is core practice. EPC Group has shipped 30+ custom agents grounded in SharePoint, Fabric, and Azure OpenAI. Common patterns: purchase request approval, customer service triage, sales opportunity scoring, IT helpdesk, HR policy Q&A. All with governance overlay (audit logs, approval gates, hallucination flags).

Ship Copilot in Houston in 30 Days

Schedule a 30-minute discovery call — we'll map your tenant readiness and rollout plan within 48 hours.

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Microsoft Copilot Deployment: 2026 Considerations for Copilot Enterprise Consulting Houston

Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing at $30/user/month in 2026 makes deployment economics simple at the unit level: 1,000 users equals $360K/year. The harder math is governance: enterprises spending $360K on Copilot licenses but skipping the $50K-$150K Copilot Readiness Assessment lose 60-80% of the productivity ROI to oversharing exposure, sensitivity-label gaps, and prompt-injection-driven data leakage. EPC Group standard 30-day rollout includes oversharing remediation as the gate before license assignment.

Copilot Studio custom agents in 2026 cost $0.01 per message at the consumption-based pricing tier, with prepaid capacity packs starting at $200/month for 25,000 messages. The build-vs-buy decision typically hinges on knowledge source quality: enterprises with well-governed SharePoint sites and clean Dataverse tables see 8-12 week time-to-production for departmental agents (HR policy, IT helpdesk); enterprises with un-remediated content sources see 16-26 weeks because grounding cleanup dominates the timeline.

Decision factors EPC Group evaluates

  • Copilot Studio agent governance + cost-management framework
  • Conditional Access policy targeted at Copilot-licensed users
  • Oversharing audit before any production license assignment
  • Microsoft Sentinel detections for prompt injection and abnormal use
  • Sensitivity label coverage on high-risk content types

For a tailored read on this topic in your specific tenant, contact EPC Group at contact@epcgroup.net or +1 (888) 381-9725. Engagement options at /pricing.