EPC Group opens public evidence center for Microsoft buyers

EPC Group says its public Evidence Center now lists 17 engagement records and source files to help Microsoft Power BI, Fabric and AI buyers verify claims before hiring. The move comes after the Houston consulting firm reported a seventh straight quarter as a G2 Leader in Business Intelligence Consulting.

Why it matters: - Microsoft analytics and AI buyers are being pushed to verify vendor claims against primary records, not just awards, logos or marketing language. - EPC Group is positioning its public Evidence Center as a way to separate documented engagements, outside ratings and company-reported delivery counts. - The approach matters for Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and AI projects, where scope, governance and acceptance criteria can change the outcome.

What happened: - EPC Group said its public Evidence Center, updated Sept. 22, now lists 17 engagement records with claim levels and linked source material where disclosure is allowed. - The Evidence Center is available at the public evidence center. - The Houston-based Microsoft consulting firm also pointed to its seventh consecutive quarter as a G2 Leader in Business Intelligence Consulting. - G2’s Fall 2026 reports named EPC Group a Leader in a category covering Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, lakehouse architecture and AI-driven natural-language reporting, and added a Momentum Leader badge. - EPC Group said those G2 placements were announced Sept. 17, while the new release focuses on the public engagement records and how buyers can use them.

The details: - The Evidence Center shows each named engagement, the year, the number and type of supporting documents, a claim level and a linked evidence record. - A separate manifest lists published source files, dates and SHA-256 hashes. - EPC Group says its methodology distinguishes among a contract, a work product, a verified outside rating and a company-reported count. - One record marked “Contracted” establishes a documented engagement, but does not by itself prove every delivery outcome or customer endorsement. - Public examples include a 2024 Power BI data project for the Town of Prosper, Texas, and a 2023 Power BI consulting and development engagement for Smarter Balanced at the University of California, Santa Cruz. - Other records cover Microsoft 365 migrations, SharePoint consulting and automation work. - EPC Group says that mix lets buyers check how the firm describes experience across practices without assuming one document proves a full program. - The company also says its own reported totals include 11,000-plus enterprise engagements, 1,500-plus Power BI deployments and 500-plus Fabric implementations. - Those counts are company-reported and are not the same as G2’s review-based or market-presence signals.

Between the lines: - EPC Group is trying to turn vendor selection into an evidence review exercise, not a branding contest. - The message is aimed at procurement teams that need to know what a document actually proves before treating it as a reference. - The distinction between a documented engagement and a verified outcome is central to the company’s pitch. - The release also draws a clear line between outside validation from G2 and internal counts from EPC Group records.

What’s next: - EPC Group is directing buyers to start with the specific work being evaluated, then inspect the relevant engagement record, scope and claim level. - The firm recommends asking for the deliverable before asking for the badge, then defining how completion will be measured. - EPC Group says buyers should also ask who remains accountable after go-live, especially as analytics and AI environments change over time. - For ongoing AI governance, the company’s Virtual Chief AI Officer practice is positioned as a monthly operating model inside a client’s Microsoft tenant. - That practice produces an agent register, decision register, consumption statement, evidence pack and quarterly board summary. - The vCAIO offering is described at the vCAIO service page and more about vCAIO services. - EPC Group says its Fabric consulting covers lakehouse and OneLake architecture, ingestion, Direct Lake models, capacity decisions, lineage and controls. - The Fabric offering is described at Microsoft Fabric consulting offerings. - The company also says its TAR-8 standard scores eight tenant surfaces for Microsoft 365 and Azure AI readiness, but notes that TAR-8 is EPC Group’s assessment standard, not a Microsoft certification. - That standard is described at the Microsoft 365 tenant AI readiness standard.

The bottom line: - EPC Group is betting that more transparency about engagement records, source files and claim levels will matter more to buyers than broad claims about experience. Buyers are being urged to verify the artifact, not just the award.