EPC Group · Power BI Services · 2026
Ongoing Power BI admin + governance support — tenant administration, Fabric capacity rightsizing, semantic model governance, security posture monitoring, sprawl control, quarterly compliance attestation, 24/7 incident response via Microsoft Cloud Orchestrator Practice retainer.
Published June 25, 2026 · Updated continuously
Last updated by Errin O'Connor, Founder & Chief AI Architect, EPC Group
EPC Group operates the ongoing Power BI admin + governance support function for enterprise clients across 4 integrated pillars: tenant + capacity administration (workspace lifecycle + Fabric capacity rightsizing + deployment pipelines + gateway management); semantic model + certified dataset governance (Certified Dataset workflow + sprawl analytics + Microsoft Purview lineage); security posture monitoring + compliance (RLS/OLS validation + sensitivity-label coverage + quarterly access recertification + HIPAA/NYDFS/FedRAMP/CMMC attestation); and 24/7 incident response + change management (named senior architect + on-call rotation + Microsoft 365 Roadmap monitoring). Three retainer tiers sized to user count and workspace count, each priced after a scoping call. Documented enterprise outcome: 20-40% Power BI Premium / Fabric capacity cost reduction within first 6 months without performance regression. High-touch, senior-architect-led delivery without junior consultants learning on the engagement.
EPC Group operates Power BI admin + governance as monthly retainer: tenant administration + semantic model governance + security monitoring + 24/7 incident response. Tier-1 is priced after a scoping call. 20-40% capacity cost reduction. Named senior architect via Microsoft Cloud Orchestrator Practice.
Ongoing Power BI operations at enterprise scale require integration across tenant administration, governance, security, and incident response. EPC Group operates all 4 pillars under one named senior architect.
Daily Power BI tenant administration: workspace lifecycle (create + certify + retire), capacity assignment + rightsizing, Fabric capacity F-SKU vs Power BI Premium P-SKU optimization, refresh schedule management, gateway administration + on-prem data gateway clustering, deployment pipeline management Dev → Test → UAT → Prod. EPC Group operates the admin function so client team focuses on analytics value not infrastructure plumbing.
Microsoft stack
Power BI Admin portal + Microsoft Fabric Admin Center + Power BI Activity Log + Deployment Pipelines + Tabular Editor
Workspace + dataset certification process: peer-reviewed semantic models promoted to Certified status; quarterly recertification + drift detection; sprawl analytics surface redundant datasets + dormant reports; deprecated content archive process; data lineage + impact analysis via Microsoft Purview integration. Workspace standards enforced: naming convention, data refresh SLA, owner-of-record, monitoring.
Microsoft stack
Microsoft Purview + Power BI Workspace certification + Certified Dataset workflow + Activity Log analytics + Microsoft Fabric monitoring hub
Continuous Power BI security posture monitoring: Row-Level Security (RLS) drift detection, Object-Level Security (OLS) validation, sensitivity-label coverage tracking, External Sharing audit, sensitive-content export monitoring via Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps + Microsoft Sentinel. Quarterly access recertification via Microsoft Entra ID Access Reviews. Compliance attestation for HIPAA + NYDFS + FedRAMP + CMMC + SOX audit cycles.
Microsoft stack
Microsoft Sentinel + Defender for Cloud Apps + Microsoft Purview + Entra ID Access Reviews + Power BI Activity Log
On-call Power BI incident response: refresh failures, semantic model performance regressions, capacity throttling, sharing-violation alerts, ransomware-affected workspace recovery. Change advisory board participation for Power BI-impacting Microsoft 365 + Azure changes. Microsoft 365 Roadmap monitoring: new Power BI feature evaluation + adoption planning + governance update.
Microsoft stack
Microsoft Cloud Orchestrator Practice 24/7 retainer + PagerDuty / ServiceNow integration + Microsoft 365 Roadmap monitoring
EPC Group Power BI Admin + Governance Support is a monthly retainer covering: (1) Daily tenant administration — workspace lifecycle, capacity rightsizing, gateway management, deployment pipelines; (2) Monthly governance health checks — Certified Dataset workflow, sprawl analytics, dormant content cleanup; (3) Quarterly security recertification — RLS audit, OLS validation, sensitivity-label coverage, access reviews; (4) 24/7 incident response — refresh failures, performance regressions, capacity throttling, security alerts; (5) Monthly executive scorecard — usage metrics, capacity utilization, cost optimization opportunities, regulatory compliance posture; (6) Quarterly Maturity Assessment + roadmap update; (7) Microsoft 365 Roadmap monitoring + feature adoption planning. The named EPC senior architect runs all of this end-to-end as part of the Microsoft Cloud Orchestrator Practice retainer.
Three retainer tiers: Tier-1 (large enterprise, 5,000+ users, 200+ workspaces, regulated industry), Tier-2 (mid-large enterprise, 1,000-5,000 users, 50-200 workspaces), and Tier-3 (mid-enterprise, 250-1,000 users, 10-50 workspaces). Each tier is priced after a scoping call. Retainers are 12-month minimum + 30-day rolling renewal. SLA tiers (4-hour vs 8-hour vs 24-hour incident response) priced separately. Bundled with broader Microsoft Cloud Orchestrator retainer for multi-workload clients (M365 + Power BI + Azure + Fabric all under one named architect) at substantial discount.
Continuous Power BI Premium P-SKU + Microsoft Fabric F-SKU capacity rightsizing: (1) Weekly capacity utilization analytics surface over-provisioned + under-utilized capacities; (2) Monthly cost-optimization report identifies workloads suitable for cheaper SKUs or capacity consolidation; (3) Quarterly capacity planning aligned to business growth + new workload onboarding; (4) Fabric capacity pause/resume scheduling for dev/test capacities; (5) Workload distribution across capacities for performance + cost balance. Documented enterprise outcomes: 20-40% capacity cost reduction within first 6 months of EPC Group governance engagement, without performance regression.
Multi-layered sprawl control: (1) Workspace provisioning workflow requires business justification + owner-of-record + sensitivity-label classification before creation; (2) Monthly sprawl analytics identify duplicate datasets (semantic models with similar dimensions/measures), dormant reports (no views in 90 days), abandoned workspaces (no owner activity in 180 days); (3) Quarterly cleanup cycle deprecates + archives sprawl candidates with 30-day grace period; (4) Certified Dataset workflow channels users toward governed semantic models instead of creating redundant ones; (5) Power BI workspace governance dashboard surfaces sprawl metrics to executive sponsor. EPC Group target: <15% sprawl ratio (workspaces with no activity in 90 days / total workspaces).
Microsoft Fabric consolidates Power BI Premium capacity + Data Engineering + Data Warehouse + Real-Time Analytics + Data Factory + Data Science into single F-SKU capacities. Admin work shifts from per-product management to unified Fabric capacity management: F-SKU sizing for combined workloads, capacity pause/resume scheduling, workload distribution across capacities, OneLake storage administration, Fabric workspace governance. EPC Group handles the migration from Power BI Premium P-SKU to Fabric F-SKU including capacity sizing, cost modeling, workload re-architecture, and ongoing F-SKU administration.
Compliance attestation cycle integrated into monthly governance health checks: (1) HIPAA — quarterly PHI access audit, BAA-aligned retention validation, minimum-necessary access verification, breach notification readiness; (2) NYDFS Part 500 — annual CISO certification support, third-party vendor risk review, 72-hour incident notification preparedness, board-level cybersecurity report; (3) FedRAMP + CMMC 2.0 — NIST 800-53 control validation, ATO package maintenance, IL5/IL6 boundary verification, ITAR + EAR data handling audit. Compliance documentation maintained for audit-on-demand. EPC Group provides the attestation reports, the executive scorecard, the audit-ready evidence package.
Tier-1 retainer SLA: named senior architect acknowledgment within 1 hour, active remediation within 4 hours, executive briefing every 2 hours during incident. Tier-2 retainer SLA: acknowledgment 2 hours, remediation 8 hours, executive briefing every 4 hours. Tier-3 SLA: acknowledgment 4 hours, remediation 24 hours, daily incident briefing. Incident types covered: refresh failures, capacity throttling, performance regressions, security alerts, sharing-violation alerts, ransomware-affected workspace recovery, Microsoft outage workarounds. 24/7 on-call rotation via PagerDuty or ServiceNow integration. Post-incident report within 48 hours including root cause + corrective action.
High-touch, senior-architect-led delivery without junior consultants learning on the engagement. Named EPC senior architect (founder Errin O'Connor co-authored a Microsoft Press Power BI book + 1,500+ enterprise Power BI implementations) is the accountable owner; named senior + mid-level Power BI admins execute daily operations; on-call rotation provides 24/7 incident coverage. Retainer is part of the broader Microsoft Cloud Orchestrator Practice — clients typically bundle Power BI Admin with M365 + Azure + Fabric admin under one accountable architect for unified governance.
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