Sites – The basic capabilities required to use SharePoint sites to engage employees, partners and customers in en effective manner, both inside and outside the firewall.

Communities – The ability to easily access expertise and interact with other people in new and creative ways across the enterprise through both formal and informal networks.

Content – The facilities for the creation, review, publication and disposal of content while conforming to defined compliance rules, whether the content exists as traditional documents or as Web pages. SharePoint 2010’s content-management capabilities include document management, records management, and Web-content management.

Search – With more content existing online and involving the collaboration of multiple participants, it is critical that people can quickly and easily locate relevant content across SharePoint lists, sites and external systems and data sources, such as file shares, Web sites or line-of-business applications.

Insights – Information workers need the ability to not only rapidly deliver and share information that is critical to the success of the business but also to turn raw data into actionable conclusions and to drive business results through sharing data-driven analysis.

Composites – Business users of all roles need the ability to quickly create customized solutions without involving corporate IT in each request. At the same time, the IT staff needs the capability to empower business users to create these applications while ensuring the environment’s stability and availability.