So when you do you go it alone and when do you call in the troops?

This is a tricky question for a lot of people and there are so many things that can affect the answer.  Let’s take it from the view point that you work fulltime for the company, still new-ish to SharePoint and/or have no dev or IT pro experience.

Get Help When :

• You are migrating from one version to another.
• You need to architect and install SharePoint for a large organisation.
• You need custom workflows to automate your business processes.
• You have stretched the out of box features and you need to extend the capabilities.
• You need to use the Enterprise Features of either SharePoint 2007 or 2010.
• You want to use the Managed Metadata Service of SharePoint 2010.
• You need to integrate into line of business systems.
• You need enterprise wide business intelligence.
• Your search isn’t working properly.
• You need a special web part.
• You need your sites branded / skinned.
• You have to get thousands of people to adopt SharePoint and you have no clue where to start.

There are endless specialists available to you locally and internationally – feel free to ask.