EPC Group designs, builds, and governs Power BI reports for Fortune 500 and regulated-industry clients. Our report engagements cover requirements, data modeling, DAX, visual design, row-level security, and deployment to Premium or Fabric.
Key Facts
- EPC Group has designed 1,500+ Power BI reports for Fortune 500 and regulated-industry clients.
- Every report includes row-level security, scheduled refresh, and mobile layout.
- Report development starts at $25,000 for a fixed-fee accelerator engagement.
- We build reports that comply with HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP, and FERPA.
- Contact: (888) 381-9725 · contact@epcgroup.net
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EPC Group designs, builds, and governs Power BI reports for Fortune 500 and regulated-industry clients. Our report engagements cover requirements, data modeling, DAX, visual design, row-level security, and deployment to Premium or Fabric.
Key facts
- EPC Group has designed 1,500+ Power BI reports for Fortune 500 and regulated-industry clients.
- Every report includes row-level security, scheduled refresh, and mobile layout.
- Report development starts at $25,000 for a fixed-fee accelerator engagement.
- We build reports that comply with HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP, and FERPA.
- Contact: (888) 381-9725 · contact@epcgroup.net
What EPC Group Builds
- Executive dashboards — KPI scorecards with drill-through and alerting.
- Operational reports — high-refresh, near-real-time data for ops teams.
- Regulatory reports — paginated, pixel-perfect documents for compliance filings.
- Embedded reports — Power BI Embedded for customer-facing applications.
- Self-service analytics — governed semantic models for business-user exploration.
Our Report Development Process
Every report engagement starts with a stakeholder requirements session. We identify key metrics, data sources, and user roles before writing a single DAX measure.
- Week 1: Requirements — stakeholder interviews, KPI definition, data source audit.
- Week 2–4: Data model design — star schema, DAX measures, row-level security.
- Week 4–6: Report development — layout, visuals, drill-through, mobile layout.
- Week 7–8: Testing, UAT, and production deployment.
Compliance in Every Report
Every EPC Group report includes compliance controls by default. Row-level security limits data access by role. Sensitivity labels classify report content. Deployment pipelines separate development from production.
Pricing
- Fixed-fee report accelerator: starting at $25,000 (4–6 weeks).
- Full report portfolio (10–50 reports): $75,000–$250,000.
- Ongoing report managed service: $3,500–$15,000/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does EPC Group specialize in?
EPC Group specializes in enterprise Microsoft consulting — Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, SharePoint, and Copilot. We have completed 10,000+ enterprise engagements for Fortune 500 and regulated-industry clients.
How do I get started with EPC Group?
Call (888) 381-9725 or email contact@epcgroup.net. Every engagement starts with a 30-minute discovery call with the architect who will lead your project.
How much does EPC Group consulting cost?
Hourly rates run $150–$500 by specialization. Fixed-fee accelerators start at $25,000. See the pricing page for full ranges by service type.
Are you a Microsoft Solutions Partner?
Yes. EPC Group holds core Microsoft Solutions Partner designations including Data & AI, Modern Work, and Security.
Do you work with regulated industries?
Yes. Compliance is core to every EPC Group engagement. We architect for HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP, CMMC, FERPA, and GDPR from day one.
Schedule a Consultation
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About the Author
Errin O'Connor
Errin O'Connor is the Founder and CEO of EPC Group, a Microsoft Gold Partner with 29 years of enterprise consulting experience. He is the bestselling author of four Microsoft Press books covering Power BI, SharePoint, and Azure. Errin has designed Power BI reporting architectures for Fortune 500 companies in healthcare, financial services, government, and manufacturing.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Power BI Reports
What are the different types of Power BI reports?
Power BI supports two primary report types: interactive reports and paginated reports. Interactive reports are built in Power BI Desktop and provide cross-filtering, drill-through, bookmarks, and slicers for dynamic data exploration. They are optimized for on-screen analysis. Paginated reports (built in Power BI Report Builder) are pixel-perfect, printable documents designed for scenarios requiring exact layout control such as invoices, regulatory filings, and multi-page operational reports. Both types can be published to the Power BI Service and distributed via workspaces, apps, or email subscriptions.
How do I share Power BI reports with stakeholders?
Power BI offers multiple sharing methods: (1) Power BI Apps bundle reports and dashboards into a curated experience distributed to specific audiences; (2) Direct sharing via URL grants access to individual users; (3) Embedding in SharePoint Online using the Power BI web part; (4) Microsoft Teams tabs for channel-level embedding; (5) Email subscriptions that deliver report snapshots on a schedule; (6) Power BI Embedded for external customers via Azure. For enterprise governance, Apps are the recommended distribution method because they support audience targeting, automatic content updates, and centralized access management.
What DAX measures should every Power BI report include?
Essential DAX measures vary by domain but commonly include: Total Revenue = SUM(Sales[Amount]), YoY Growth = DIVIDE([Total Revenue] - CALCULATE([Total Revenue], SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(Calendar[Date])), CALCULATE([Total Revenue], SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(Calendar[Date]))), Running Total = CALCULATE([Total Revenue], FILTER(ALL(Calendar[Date]), Calendar[Date] <= MAX(Calendar[Date]))), and Moving Average = AVERAGEX(DATESINPERIOD(Calendar[Date], MAX(Calendar[Date]), -3, MONTH), [Total Revenue]). Time intelligence measures require a proper date table marked as the date table in the model.
How do I optimize Power BI report performance?
Report performance optimization focuses on three areas: (1) Data model: Use star schema design, remove unnecessary columns, minimize calculated columns in favor of measures, and set appropriate data types; (2) DAX: Use variables to avoid repeated calculations, prefer SUMMARIZECOLUMNS over ADDCOLUMNS+SUMMARIZE, and avoid FILTER with large tables; (3) Visuals: Limit visuals per page to 8-10, use the Performance Analyzer to identify slow visuals, disable unnecessary visual interactions, and minimize use of custom visuals. Premium/Fabric capacities should enable query caching and aggregations for large datasets.
What is the difference between Power BI reports and dashboards?
Reports are multi-page interactive documents built in Power BI Desktop with full editing capabilities including slicers, drill-through, bookmarks, and detailed visualizations. Reports are the authoring and analysis layer. Dashboards are single-page canvases in the Power BI Service that display tiles pinned from one or more reports. Dashboards are the monitoring layer, supporting data alerts, natural language Q&A, and real-time streaming tiles. Reports offer deeper interactivity; dashboards offer at-a-glance monitoring across multiple data sources.
How do I implement row-level security in Power BI reports?
Row-level security (RLS) is defined in Power BI Desktop under Modeling > Manage Roles. Create roles with DAX filter expressions such as [Region] = USERPRINCIPALNAME() or [Department] = "Finance". After publishing, assign Azure AD users or security groups to roles in the Power BI Service under Dataset Settings > Security. Test RLS using "View as Role" in Desktop or Service. For dynamic RLS, use USERPRINCIPALNAME() or USERNAME() functions combined with a security mapping table. RLS works with Import and DirectQuery models and is enforced regardless of how the report is consumed (Service, embedded, mobile).
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Row-level security (RLS) and object-level security (OLS) in Power BI Premium and Fabric F-SKU capacities are the single most-overlooked compliance control in HIPAA, SOC 2, and FINRA-regulated environments. RLS scoped via service principal authentication (rather than embedded UPN passes) is the only pattern that survives a SOC 2 Type II auditor privilege-walk test. EPC Group includes service-principal RLS as a default in every regulated-industry Power BI engagement.
Decision factors EPC Group evaluates
- Copilot grounding quality assessment of semantic-model metadata
- Direct Lake mode adoption for Fabric-resident semantic models
- License optimization audit (Pro vs Premium Per User vs F-SKU)
- Row-level security via service principal authentication
- Capacity sizing decision (F2/F4/F64+) tied to peak concurrent users and refresh window
EPC Group covers this topic across the relevant engagement portfolio. Reach the firm at contact@epcgroup.net for a 30-minute architect conversation.