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class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"head\">\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">What you get<\/div>\n      <h2>Built for outcomes, not for the deliverables themselves.<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"sub\">Every engagement ships value in the first weeks, not months.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"deliv\">\n      <div class=\"item\"><h3>Power BI semantic model<\/h3><p>A central, version-controlled model with row-level security, calculation groups and clean naming, the spine of self-service.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"item\"><h3>Self-service enablement<\/h3><p>Workspaces, datasets, certified reports and a sandbox that lets analysts build without breaking production.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"item\"><h3>Embedded analytics<\/h3><p>Dashboards inside your CRM, ERP or custom app, so insight lives where the work happens.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"item\"><h3>Migration to Fabric Direct Lake<\/h3><p>From Import + Refresh to Direct Lake on OneLake, sub-second queries on your largest tables.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"item\"><h3>Conversational BI with Copilot<\/h3><p>Natural-language questions over your governed model, with the right answer, every time.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"item\"><h3>Performance tuning & cost control<\/h3><p>Capacity sizing, query patterns, caching, so Power BI stays fast and your invoice stays predictable.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"item\"><h3>Real-time &amp; streaming analytics<\/h3><p>Live operational dashboards on Fabric Real-Time Intelligence and eventstreams, so teams act on what is happening now, not yesterday.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"toolsrow\">\n      <div class=\"label\">Tools<\/div>\n      <div class=\"pills\"><span class=\"pill\">Power BI<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Microsoft Fabric<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Tabular Editor<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Analysis Services<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Direct Lake on OneLake<\/span><span class=\"pill\">Copilot for Power BI<\/span><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"head phase-head\">\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">How we work<\/div>\n      <h2>How a typical engagement runs.<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"sub\">A predictable rhythm for unpredictable problems, senior team kickoff through delivery to support.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"phases\">\n      <div class=\"phase\"><div class=\"num\">01<\/div><div class=\"lab\">Discover<\/div><h3>KPI tiering & definition workshop<\/h3><p>Two weeks. We agree which numbers move strategy, which move operations, which support specialists.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"phase\"><div class=\"num\">02<\/div><div class=\"lab\">Design<\/div><h3>Semantic model & report blueprints<\/h3><p>One model, multiple lenses, with row-level security and calculation groups baked in from day one.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"phase\"><div class=\"num\">03<\/div><div class=\"lab\">Deliver<\/div><h3>Build, certify, ship<\/h3><p>First dashboards live in week three. 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