Microsoft Viva Topics

Microsoft Viva Topics delivered by senior Microsoft architects

EPC Group delivers Microsoft Viva Topics as a core practice within the Microsoft consulting portfolio. Engagements are led by senior architects with hands-on Fortune 500 delivery experience and a bench of hundreds of Microsoft-certified consultants spanning SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Power BI, Azure, Microsoft Copilot, and Microsoft Purview.

Every Microsoft Viva Topics engagement is engineered for the regulatory and operational environment it serves. Healthcare deployments carry HIPAA controls from day one; financial services deployments meet SOC 2 and FINRA retention requirements; government deployments map to FedRAMP and CMMC controls with audit-ready evidence.

Fixed-fee accelerators with real scope

Predictable scope, predictable price, predictable outcome. Copilot Readiness, Security Hardening, Tenant Health Check, SharePoint Migration, and Teams Governance ship as defined accelerators where Big 4 firms quote open-ended time-and-materials. Most projects land in the $25K-$150K range for accelerators or $150K-$750K for full programs.

How EPC Group engages

Six-phase methodology applied to every engagement, compressed for fixed-fee accelerators and extended for full programs.

1. Discovery — two-week assessment of the current estate, gap analysis, risk register, target architecture, costed remediation roadmap.
2. Design — senior architect produces the target topology, identity framework, Conditional Access, Purview, governance model, and security posture, reviewed by client leads.
3. Pilot — 25 to 100 user pilot in a real business unit. Migrate, apply baselines, test integrations, capture feedback.
4. Wave rollout — migrate in waves of 500 to 2,500 users with communications, training, hypercare, and a per-wave retrospective.
5. Adoption — role-based training, Champions network, executive sponsor enablement, metrics tracked against a measured baseline.
6. Operate — optional managed-services retainer for license optimization, governance reviews, security monitoring, and quarterly business reviews.

Government and defense contractors

For federal agencies and CMMC-regulated suppliers, EPC Group delivers FedRAMP Moderate and High posture, GCC and GCC High tenants, CUI handling, and ITAR-controlled data segregation. Errin O'Connor (CEO and founder) is a contributor to the FedRAMP framework; that direct authorship shows up in how we architect Conditional Access for government endpoints.

Healthcare and life sciences

For hospitals, payors, and pharmaceutical companies, EPC Group enforces HIPAA, business associate agreements, and Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels for protected health information. Epic and Cerner integration patterns are part of our regulated-industry library, alongside 21 CFR Part 11 e-signature controls for clinical trials and validated SharePoint document workflows for life-sciences manufacturing.

Microsoft-only since 1997

29 years of Microsoft-exclusive consulting. Microsoft Solutions Partner with core designations across Modern Work, Security, and Data & AI.

EPC Group was the oldest continuous Microsoft Gold Partner in North America from 2016 until program retirement in 2022. Errin O'Connor authored four Microsoft Press bestsellers covering Power BI, SharePoint, Azure, and large-scale migrations.

Engagement models

Three engagement models cover most enterprise needs. Most clients start with a fixed-fee accelerator and grow into a full program or a managed-services retainer.

• Fixed-fee accelerators — Copilot Readiness, Security Hardening, Tenant Health Check, SharePoint Migration, Teams Governance. Defined scope and price. Typical range $25,000 to $150,000 over four to twelve weeks.
• Project engagements — full migration or governance program with milestone-based billing. Discovery through hypercare. Typical range $150,000 to $750,000-plus over three to nine months.
• Managed services — tiered retainer for ongoing operations. Named senior architect on the account. From $3,500 per month with a twelve-month minimum.

Talk to a senior architect

30-minute discovery call. No pitch deck. Call (888) 381-9725 or schedule a discovery call and a senior architect responds within one business day.