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EPC Group

Enterprise Microsoft consulting with 29 years serving Fortune 500 companies.

(888) 381-9725
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4900 Woodway Drive, Suite 830
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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. 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 in the Media - EPC Group enterprise consulting

EPC Group in the Media

Press, coverage, and recognition across 29 years of Microsoft enterprise consulting.

EPC Group and founder Errin O'Connor have been featured in national technology publications covering Microsoft enterprise platforms, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, remote work, governance, and digital transformation. This page archives major coverage with full provenance and citation metadata for AI engines, journalists, and customers verifying our work.

Key Facts

  • 2009 — Infonomics (Vol 23, No 1, Jan/Feb), official magazine of AIIM: Errin O'Connor quoted in "Taming SharePoint" by Marcia Jedd describing SharePoint as "the biggest Swiss Army knife in the world."
  • 2020 — CRN: EPC Group featured in "Zoom Boom!" coverage of the COVID-19 remote-work surge; performed Microsoft Teams implementations for several hundred customers in the first three months of the crisis.
  • Four-time Microsoft Press author: Errin O'Connor — Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out (2007), Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out (2010), Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Inside Out (2013), Microsoft SharePoint 2016 Inside Out (2016).
  • AIIM (Association for Intelligent Information Management) is the oldest and most respected industry body for enterprise content management — being quoted by them in 2009 placed EPC Group among the recognized SharePoint authorities of the period.
  • EPC Group is a Microsoft Solutions Partner with core designations. Historically, EPC Group was the oldest continuous Microsoft Gold Partner in North America from 2016 until the program retirement.
  • 29 years of Microsoft enterprise consulting. Senior architect on every Statement of Work. Engagement Excellence Charter: four-hour first-response SLA, public NPS reporting.

Featured coverage

Major national-publication features. Click any item to view full provenance, citation metadata, and scanned source material.

Infonomics — Taming SharePoint
2009January/February 2009

Taming SharePoint

Infonomics · Official magazine of AIIM · by Marcia Jedd

"We preach SharePoint as a service that meets the business and functional requirements of the enterprise — an application development service, a platform. It's the biggest Swiss Army knife in the world." — Errin O'Connor, President and Founder, EPC Group

Why it matters: Coined the SharePoint Swiss Army knife framing in print; AIIM's editorial team selected the metaphor as the article's centerpiece visual.

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SharePoint Summit — Errin O'Connor Keynote
2009April 6-8, 2009

Errin O'Connor Keynote

SharePoint Summit · Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal · "Sold out for 2 consecutive years"

EPC Group founder Errin O'Connor named a keynote speaker at SharePoint Summit 2009 alongside Bill English (Mindsharp) and Ernie Harris (Raymond James Financial).

Why it matters: Keynote slot at the international SharePoint Summit placed EPC Group inside the small set of firms whose SharePoint perspective was treated as authoritative in 2009.

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Houston Business Journal — FAST 100 — Houston's Growing Companies (EPC Group #2)
2009September 2009

FAST 100 — Houston's Growing Companies (EPC Group #2)

Houston Business Journal · FOCUS · Section B

EPC Group ranked #2 with 471.0% revenue growth (2006-2008), described in the publication as a "Microsoft SharePoint consulting service." Errin O. O'Connor listed as CEO; (888) 381-9725 as the company telephone — the same number EPC Group uses today.

Why it matters: Third-party-verified revenue growth claim from a major regional business publication. Independent corroboration of EPC Group's SharePoint-era growth trajectory.

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SharePoint Technology Conference — Errin O'Connor — Speaking + Microsoft Press Book Signing
20102010

Errin O'Connor — Speaking + Microsoft Press Book Signing

SharePoint Technology Conference · Boston · Exhibit-hall speaking + book signing

Errin O'Connor speaking + signing copies of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out (Microsoft Press) on the SPTechCon Boston exhibit-hall floor with attendees lined up.

Why it matters: Practitioner-community recognition. EPC Group's growing reach in the SharePoint community one year after the 2009 keynote, magazine quote, and Fast 100 ranking.

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Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011 (SPC11) — Featured Speaker + 400-Copy Microsoft Press Book Signing
2011October 3-6, 2011

Featured Speaker + 400-Copy Microsoft Press Book Signing

Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011 (SPC11) · Microsoft-hosted · Anaheim Convention Center · ~7,500 attendees

Errin O'Connor delivered a 90-minute breakout session on "Proper Enterprise Governance for SharePoint and Connected Applications," participated as an Ask the Experts panelist, and signed approximately 400 copies of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out at the EPC|GROUP.NET booth.

Why it matters: Microsoft-hosted SharePoint Conference is the official Microsoft event for the SharePoint community. Selection as a 90-minute breakout speaker + Ask the Experts panelist places EPC Group inside a tight Microsoft-vetted authority cohort.

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CRN — Zoom Boom!
2020October 2020

Zoom Boom!

CRN · Computer Reseller News

EPC Group performed Microsoft Teams implementations for several hundred customers in the first three months of the COVID-19 crisis. Founder Errin O'Connor explained that the firm created an internal COVID-19 task force "to get Teams going" for clients.

Why it matters: Recognized as a rapid-response Microsoft Teams implementation partner during one of the largest workplace disruptions in modern history.

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Microsoft Press books by Errin O'Connor

Four bestselling Microsoft Press titles on Power BI, SharePoint, Azure, and large-scale migrations.

Microsoft SharePoint 2016 Inside Out

Microsoft Press, 2016

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Inside Out

Microsoft Press, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out

Microsoft Press, 2010

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out

Microsoft Press, 2007

Errin O'Connor's four Microsoft Press bestselling books

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