TL;DR — Microsoft SharePoint consulting from EPC Group.
EPC Group is the original Microsoft SharePoint consultancy — 29 years, 6,500+ SharePoint implementations, Microsoft Solutions Partner with all six designations, and founder Errin O'Connor served on the original SharePoint Beta Team (Project Tahoe). Microsoft SharePoint consulting covers six core service areas: SharePoint Online architecture, SharePoint Server deployment and migration, intranet design and modernization, document management and ECM, security, governance, and compliance (HIPAA, FedRAMP, FINRA, SOC 2), and Power Platform, Syntex, and 24/7 managed services. EPC Group delivers senior-architect-led, onshore-only — no juniors or offshore on client engagements.
EPC Group is the original Microsoft SharePoint consultancy — 29 years (founded 1997), 6,500+ SharePoint implementations across every version Microsoft has shipped, Microsoft Solutions Partner with all six designations, and founder Errin O'Connor was an original SharePoint Beta Team member (Project Tahoe) and four-time Microsoft Press author. The firm delivers SharePoint Online, SharePoint Server, intranet, ECM, compliance, Power Platform integration, Syntex, and 24/7 managed services across 70+ Fortune 500 clients including NASA, the FBI, the Pentagon, and United Airlines.
Key Facts
- 6,500+ SharePoint implementations completed since 1997
- 29 years of continuous Microsoft consulting — one of the longest-tenured Microsoft Solutions Partners in the United States
- All six current Microsoft Solutions Partner Designations held under the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program
- Founder Errin O'Connor served on the original SharePoint Beta Team (internal codename Project Tahoe), is a Microsoft MVP since 2002-2003, and is a four-time Microsoft Press bestselling author
- 70+ Fortune 500 SharePoint clients — including NASA, the FBI, the Pentagon, and United Airlines
- Senior-architect-led, onshore-only delivery — no juniors, no offshore on client engagements
- SharePoint consulting cost range: $20,000 (two-week Health Check) to $500,000+ (enterprise Modernization Program)
- Compliance-native delivery across HIPAA, FedRAMP, FINRA, SOC 2, CMMC, and GxP — with audit-tested evidence packages
What EPC Group's SharePoint Consulting Services Cover
EPC Group delivers Microsoft SharePoint consulting across the full lifecycle — from initial tenant architecture and farm builds, through migration and modernization, into long-running governance and 24/7 managed services. The eight service areas below define the firm's SharePoint practice, each delivered by senior architects with a minimum of 10 years of SharePoint experience.
SharePoint Online architecture & tenant strategy
Tenant-level information architecture for SharePoint Online — hub-and-spoke design, site provisioning frameworks, navigation taxonomies, search configuration, and multi-geo planning for global enterprises. Architecture decisions are made by senior architects who have stood up SharePoint estates ranging from 5,000 to 250,000 seats.
- Hub-and-spoke site architecture sized to your business units, regions, and functions
- Tenant settings hardening — sharing, external access, sensitivity labels, conditional access
- Search architecture, result sources, query rules, and managed property planning
- Multi-geo SharePoint Online for data-residency requirements across the EU, UK, Canada, Australia, and APAC
- Site provisioning automation via PnP, Power Automate, and Microsoft Graph
SharePoint Server (2016, 2019, Subscription Edition) deployment & migration
On-premises SharePoint Server work spanning new farm builds, version-to-version upgrades, hybrid configuration, and migration to SharePoint Online or SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. We deliver both single-server pilots and multi-farm enterprise topologies with high-availability and disaster-recovery design.
- SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 farm architecture, build, and operations
- SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (SE) deployments and continuous update model
- In-place upgrades, database-attach upgrades, and parallel-farm migrations
- Hybrid configuration — hybrid search, hybrid sites, hybrid taxonomy, hybrid OneDrive
- High-availability topologies with SQL AlwaysOn, distributed cache, and request management
Intranet design — modern hub-and-spoke and classic-to-modern modernization
Modern SharePoint intranet design with Viva Connections, home sites, mega-menu navigation, and audience-targeted news. We also handle classic-to-modern modernization for organizations carrying legacy publishing sites, classic team sites, and InfoPath-era pages — replacing them with communication sites, modern pages, and PnP modern themes.
- SharePoint home site declaration with Viva Connections dashboard cards
- Mega-menu hub navigation and audience targeting by region, role, and department
- Classic publishing site modernization to modern communication sites
- PnP page transformation tooling with custom web-part mapping
- Brand identity, theme packaging, and accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) review
Document management & ECM
Enterprise content management on SharePoint — content types, managed metadata, retention labels, records declaration, eDiscovery, and version-history governance. We design ECM frameworks that withstand regulatory audit in healthcare, financial services, life sciences, and federal contracting.
- Content type hubs and term store taxonomy
- Retention labels and policies with Microsoft Purview
- Records management, records declaration, and disposition review
- eDiscovery and legal-hold workflows in Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium)
- Migration from legacy ECM platforms (Documentum, OpenText, FileNet) to SharePoint and Microsoft 365
Security, governance & compliance (HIPAA, FedRAMP, FINRA, SOC 2)
Compliance-native SharePoint delivery — HIPAA, FedRAMP, FINRA, SOC 2, CMMC, and GxP. We design and document the SharePoint control set for your auditor — sensitivity labels, DLP policies, sharing controls, conditional access, audit logging, and Purview Content Explorer evidence packages.
- Microsoft HIPAA BAA configuration — sensitivity labels, DLP, audit logging, restricted access
- FedRAMP-aligned SharePoint Online in GCC and GCC High tenants
- FINRA records-management retention with non-rewritable, non-erasable (WORM) compliance
- SOC 2 Type II evidence packages drawn from Microsoft Purview audit logs
- CMMC 2.0 Level 2 and Level 3 SharePoint control mapping for Defense Industrial Base partners
SharePoint + Power BI + Power Platform integration
SharePoint as the data and content surface for Power Platform — Power BI reports embedded in SharePoint pages, Power Apps replacing InfoPath forms, Power Automate replacing SharePoint Designer workflows, and Copilot Studio agents grounded in SharePoint document libraries.
- Power BI report embedding in modern SharePoint pages with row-level security
- Power Apps canvas and model-driven apps backed by SharePoint lists and Dataverse
- Power Automate cloud flows replacing SharePoint 2010 and 2013 workflows and InfoPath forms
- Copilot Studio agents grounded in SharePoint document libraries via Microsoft Graph
- SharePoint Lists premium connectors — Dataverse, Power BI semantic models, Azure AD
SharePoint Syntex / Premium content services
Microsoft Syntex (formerly SharePoint Syntex) for AI-powered content understanding — document understanding models, form processing, taxonomy tagging, content assembly, and image tagging. We train custom Syntex models on your contracts, invoices, claims, and case files and integrate with downstream business processes.
- Custom Syntex document understanding models for contracts, invoices, claims, and case files
- Form processing for structured PDFs and scanned documents
- Taxonomy tagging and term-store automation
- Content assembly templates for sales proposals, MSAs, and SOWs
- Image tagging and content moderation for marketing and brand-asset libraries
24/7 Managed SharePoint Services
A senior-architect-led managed services tier for SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server estates — 24/7 incident response, Microsoft release-wave management, governance reviews, search relevance tuning, and continuous optimization. Onshore-only delivery, with named architects assigned to each retainer.
- 24/7 incident response with one-hour critical SLAs
- Microsoft release-wave change management and tenant configuration drift control
- Quarterly governance reviews and information-architecture audits
- Search relevance tuning, query rules, and result-source optimization
- Capacity, performance, and license-utilization reporting
SharePoint Versions EPC Group Supports
EPC Group has delivered against every SharePoint version Microsoft has shipped — from SharePoint Portal Server 2001 (the release Errin O'Connor beta-tested as a Project Tahoe team member) through today's SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Migration paths between any combination of these are within scope.
Why EPC Group for SharePoint
Most SharePoint consultancies were founded after SharePoint Online launched in 2011. EPC Group has been delivering Microsoft SharePoint since 1997 — four years before SharePoint Portal Server 2001 shipped. Our founder helped beta-test that release. Our credibility on SharePoint is documented in Microsoft Press, in 6,500+ implementations, and in 70+ Fortune 500 references.
6,500+ SharePoint implementations
Across SharePoint 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, Subscription Edition, and SharePoint Online — every release Microsoft has shipped. Scope ranges from 50-seat departmental sites to 250,000-seat global tenants.
29 years — founded 1997
EPC Group has been a continuously operating Microsoft consulting firm since 1997 — one of the longest-tenured Microsoft Solutions Partners in the United States.
Microsoft Solutions Partner — all six designations
EPC Group holds all six current Microsoft Solutions Partner Designations under the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program — Modern Work, Data & AI (Azure), Infrastructure (Azure), Security, Digital & App Innovation (Azure), and Business Applications.
Four-time Microsoft Press bestselling author
Founder Errin O'Connor authored four Microsoft Press books — Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out (2007), SharePoint Foundation 2010 (2010), SharePoint 2013 Field Guide (2014), and Power BI Practical Recipes — and has been a Microsoft MVP since the 2002-2003 award cycle.
Original SharePoint Beta Team member (Project Tahoe)
Errin O'Connor served on the original Microsoft SharePoint Beta Team — internal codename Project Tahoe — predating the public release of SharePoint Portal Server 2001. EPC Group is the original SharePoint consultancy.
70+ Fortune 500 SharePoint clients
Including NASA, the FBI, the Pentagon, and United Airlines. Compliance-native SharePoint delivery across healthcare, financial services, federal, defense, manufacturing, energy, and higher-education industries.
Senior-only delivery — no juniors on client engagements
Every EPC Group SharePoint engagement is delivered by senior architects with a minimum of 10 years of SharePoint experience. We do not staff associates, junior consultants, or offshore delivery teams onto client work.
Industry-specific SharePoint expertise
SharePoint controls, retention, sharing, and audit posture are dictated by industry regulation — and the gap between a generic SharePoint deployment and a compliant one is where most consultancies fail. EPC Group's industry practices each carry their own regulatory mapping and audit-tested evidence packages.
Healthcare
HIPAA-compliant document management
SharePoint Online configured for protected health information (PHI) with the Microsoft HIPAA Business Associate Agreement, PHI sensitivity labels, DLP policies that block external sharing, Microsoft Purview audit logging, and conditional access policies. We serve hospital systems, health plans, life-sciences manufacturers, and clinical research organizations.
Financial Services
FINRA-compliant records management
SharePoint records management for broker-dealer firms, investment advisers, banks, and credit unions — FINRA Rule 4511 retention, SEC Rule 17a-4 non-rewritable / non-erasable storage on SharePoint Online with Purview retention labels, OCC heightened standards, and FFIEC IT examination evidence packages.
Federal & Defense
FedRAMP, GCC, and GCC High SharePoint
SharePoint Online in Government Community Cloud (GCC) and GCC High for federal civilian agencies, Department of Defense components, defense contractors, and federally funded research and development centers. FedRAMP Moderate and High baselines, CMMC 2.0 Level 2 and Level 3, NIST SP 800-171, ITAR, and CUI controls.
Manufacturing
Engineering document control
SharePoint engineering document control for discrete and process manufacturers — drawing revision control, ECN/ECO workflows, supplier collaboration sites with conditional sharing, IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 audit evidence, and integration with PLM systems (Siemens Teamcenter, PTC Windchill, Aras Innovator).
Legal
Matter management + ECM
SharePoint matter management for AmLaw firms and corporate legal departments — matter-centric site provisioning, ethical-wall configuration, document classification with Microsoft Purview, eDiscovery (Premium) workflows, and integration with iManage, NetDocuments, and HighQ as needed during transition.
Higher Education
Campus intranets
SharePoint Online campus intranets for universities and community college systems — faculty, staff, and student portals, FERPA-compliant document handling, departmental hub-and-spoke architectures, Office of the Registrar workflows, and accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA, Section 508) review.
Comparison: EPC Group vs Specialist SharePoint Competitors
Buyers regularly evaluate EPC Group alongside ScienceSoft (SCNSoft), Beyond Intranet, and Centric Consulting. The five-criterion comparison below is built from public data — Microsoft Partner status, public implementation claims, published authorship, and regulated-industry references. We say where each firm legitimately wins; buyers detect shilling.
| Criterion | EPC Group | ScienceSoft (SCNSoft) | Beyond Intranet | Centric Consulting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Solutions Partner designations | All 6 designations | Multiple designations (not publicly all six) | Microsoft Partner — designation list not publicly enumerated | Multiple Microsoft designations |
| Years in SharePoint | 29 years (1997 — original SharePoint Beta Team) | 15+ years (founded 1989 as broader IT consultancy) | 15+ years | 20+ years (firm founded 1999) |
| SharePoint implementations completed | 6,500+ | Public claim: 300+ SharePoint projects | Public claim: 700+ projects | Not publicly enumerated |
| Microsoft Press author credentials | Yes — 4 Microsoft Press titles (3 on SharePoint) | No published Microsoft Press authorship | No published Microsoft Press authorship | No published Microsoft Press authorship from firm |
| Regulated-industry coverage | HIPAA, FedRAMP, FINRA, SOC 2, CMMC, GxP — full coverage with audit-tested evidence packages | HIPAA and PCI DSS marketing pages — limited evidence of FedRAMP or FINRA-grade depth | HIPAA marketing references — limited public evidence of FedRAMP, FINRA, or CMMC engagements | Financial services and healthcare references — broader management-consulting positioning |
EPC Group — where they legitimately win
Senior-architect-led delivery, original SharePoint authorship credibility, deepest regulated-industry coverage, no juniors or offshore on client work.
ScienceSoft (SCNSoft) — where they legitimately win
Strong content marketing and global SharePoint reach. Belarus-headquartered with global delivery — competitive offshore rate cards.
Beyond Intranet — where they legitimately win
SharePoint intranet product (Origami / Akumina-style accelerators) and Power Platform add-ons. India-headquartered delivery with U.S. presence.
Centric Consulting — where they legitimately win
U.S.-based hybrid management + technology consultancy with strong local-metro delivery and broader business consulting (digital, data, modernization) beyond SharePoint.
Public data sources: firm websites, Microsoft AppSource / Marketplace partner listings, Microsoft Solutions Partner Designation directory, published Microsoft Press catalog. EPC Group does not make claims on behalf of competing firms beyond what they publish publicly.
Engagement Models
EPC Group offers four named SharePoint engagement models. Each is sized to a buyer profile and a budget envelope. We provide transparent fixed-fee pricing after a one-hour scoping call with a senior architect — not after a multi-stage discovery and SOW negotiation cycle.
SharePoint Health Check
Two weeksFixed-fee assessment
A two-week fixed-fee assessment of your SharePoint estate — tenant configuration, information architecture, governance posture, security and compliance, search relevance, and performance. Delivered as a costed roadmap with prioritized remediation backlog and a senior-architect readout.
Best for: Organizations inheriting a SharePoint estate from an acquisition, a prior consultant, or internal IT turnover — and CIOs and CISOs who need an objective second opinion before signing the next migration or modernization SOW.
Deliverables
- Tenant configuration audit and drift report
- Information architecture and search relevance assessment
- Security, sharing, and compliance posture review
- Prioritized remediation backlog with effort estimates
- Senior-architect roadmap readout (90 minutes)
SharePoint Migration Accelerator
90 daysFixed-fee migration
A 90-day fixed-fee migration program covering up to a defined content footprint — typically up to 5 TB and up to 250 site collections per accelerator. Includes pre-migration assessment, content remediation, parallel migration tooling (ShareGate or AvePoint), permission preservation, classic-to-modern transformation where applicable, and post-migration validation.
Best for: Organizations moving from SharePoint 2013, 2016, or 2019 to SharePoint Online — or consolidating multiple SharePoint tenants after M&A — within a quarter.
Deliverables
- Migration plan with risk register and rollback playbook
- Content remediation and pre-flight readiness validation
- Parallel migration execution with daily cutover reporting
- Permission preservation and external-sharing reconciliation
- Post-migration validation, user communications, and 30-day stabilization
SharePoint Modernization Program
Four to six monthsMulti-phase fixed-fee
A four-to-six-month classic-to-modern modernization program — converting classic publishing sites, classic team sites, InfoPath forms, and SharePoint Designer workflows into modern SharePoint, Power Apps, and Power Automate. Includes information architecture rework, Viva Connections rollout, and adoption / change management.
Best for: Enterprises that completed a tenant migration but inherited classic SharePoint pages, InfoPath forms, and SharePoint Designer workflows — and need a modern intranet without disrupting business operations.
Deliverables
- Modern information architecture (hub-and-spoke)
- Page-by-page classic-to-modern transformation with PnP tooling
- InfoPath to Power Apps replacement program
- SharePoint Designer to Power Automate workflow replacement program
- Viva Connections home site, dashboard cards, and audience targeting
- Adoption, change management, and end-user training program
Managed SharePoint Services
Monthly retainerMonthly retainer (24/7)
A senior-architect-led monthly retainer covering 24/7 incident response, Microsoft release-wave change management, quarterly governance reviews, search relevance tuning, capacity and performance monitoring, and continuous optimization. Onshore-only with named architects assigned per retainer.
Best for: Organizations that have completed migration or modernization and need ongoing senior-architect-led operations — without staffing a SharePoint Center of Excellence internally.
Deliverables
- 24/7 incident response with one-hour critical SLAs
- Named senior architect assigned to the retainer
- Microsoft release-wave change management
- Quarterly governance reviews and IA audits
- Monthly performance, capacity, and license-utilization reporting
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Microsoft SharePoint consulting?
Microsoft SharePoint consulting is the design, deployment, migration, modernization, governance, and operation of Microsoft SharePoint as the enterprise content, collaboration, and intranet platform — including SharePoint Online inside Microsoft 365 and on-premises SharePoint Server (2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition). EPC Group has delivered SharePoint consulting services since 1997, with 6,500+ implementations across SharePoint Online architecture, SharePoint Server deployment and migration, intranet design, document management, security and compliance, Power Platform integration, Microsoft Syntex, and 24/7 managed services.
What does a SharePoint consultant do?
A SharePoint consultant designs the SharePoint information architecture, configures the tenant or farm, plans and executes migrations from legacy systems, builds the modern intranet, implements records management and retention, configures security and compliance controls (HIPAA, FedRAMP, FINRA, SOC 2, CMMC), integrates SharePoint with Power BI and the Power Platform, trains end users and administrators, and provides ongoing operations support. EPC Group SharePoint consultants are senior architects with a minimum of 10 years of SharePoint experience — no juniors, no offshore delivery, on client engagements.
How much does SharePoint consulting cost?
SharePoint consulting costs typically range from $20,000 for a two-week fixed-fee SharePoint Health Check up to $500,000+ for an enterprise SharePoint Modernization Program. Small migrations under 500 GB run $25,000–$50,000. Mid-sized migrations from 500 GB to 5 TB run $75,000–$200,000. Enterprise migrations exceeding 5 TB with full governance implementation, regulated-industry controls, and classic-to-modern transformation run $250,000–$500,000+. EPC Group provides transparent fixed-fee pricing after a one-hour scoping call with a senior architect.
How long does SharePoint migration take?
SharePoint migration timelines depend on content footprint, complexity, and compliance posture. Small migrations under 500 GB and 10,000 documents typically take two to four weeks. Mid-sized migrations of 500 GB to 5 TB take six to twelve weeks. Enterprise migrations exceeding 5 TB across multiple site collections take three to six months, frequently rolled out by region or business unit. Regulated-industry controls (HIPAA, FedRAMP, FINRA, CMMC) add two to four weeks to any migration.
Why choose EPC Group for SharePoint?
EPC Group has been a continuously operating Microsoft consulting firm since 1997 and has delivered 6,500+ SharePoint implementations across every version Microsoft has shipped. Founder Errin O'Connor was an original member of the SharePoint Beta Team (internal codename Project Tahoe) and is a Microsoft MVP since 2002-2003 and four-time Microsoft Press bestselling author — including Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out, SharePoint Foundation 2010, and SharePoint 2013 Field Guide. EPC Group holds all six current Microsoft Solutions Partner designations, serves 70+ Fortune 500 clients including NASA, the FBI, the Pentagon, and United Airlines, and delivers with senior-architect-led, onshore-only teams — no juniors or offshore on client work.
Is EPC Group a SharePoint expert?
Yes. EPC Group is the original SharePoint consultancy — founder Errin O'Connor served on the SharePoint Beta Team (Project Tahoe) before the public release of SharePoint Portal Server 2001, has been a Microsoft MVP since 2002-2003, and has authored three Microsoft Press SharePoint books (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out, SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint 2013 Field Guide) plus the broader Microsoft data title Power BI Practical Recipes. The firm has completed 6,500+ SharePoint implementations since 1997 — across SharePoint 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, Subscription Edition, and SharePoint Online — and holds all six Microsoft Solutions Partner designations.
Can EPC help with SharePoint Server 2016/2019 migration?
Yes. EPC Group performs SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 migrations to SharePoint Online and to SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. We handle the full migration lifecycle — content database analysis, custom solution remediation (full-trust solutions, SharePoint Add-ins, InfoPath forms, SharePoint 2010 / 2013 workflows), parallel migration with ShareGate or AvePoint Migrator, permission preservation, classic-to-modern transformation, and post-migration validation. Hybrid configurations (hybrid search, hybrid sites, hybrid taxonomy) are supported when an on-premises footprint must be retained for compliance, sovereignty, or application-dependency reasons.
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