SharePoint 2010 is the The Business Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise and the Web. That means that this release of SharePoint facilitates business collaboration in the broadest sense possible by using its rich set of integrated capabilities to enable colleagues, partners and customers to work together in new and effective ways. SharePoint 2010's capabilities are enhanced even further by a stronger integration with the Office suite, and additional products such as Project Server, Visio Services, and more.

When considering SharePoint 2010 for enterprise business-collaboration solutions, there are six major capability areas to explore:

SharePoint Sites

Rich User Experience	Easy site editing, including theming & branding Office Ribbon UI for faster training & adoption Rich offline experience with SharePoint Workspace
Anywhere Access	Mobile-based interaction with people and content Read-write web access using Office Web Application Cross-browser support for maximized participation
Single Platform	Collaboration across Intranet, Extranet & Internet Improved interoperability with standards support Out-of-box accessibility compliance for WCAG 2.0

SharePoint Communities

Informal Knowledge	Promote sharing with easy social authoring Easily navigate resources with pervasive tagging Find better answers faster via user feedback
Social Connections	Connecting users through enhanced profiles Staying up-to-date using news feeds and alerts Make expertise discovery easy across the enterprise
Participation Anywhere	Work with peers whether online or offline Collaborate on the go through the mobile UI Enrich existing applications with social context

SharePoint Content

User-centric	Intuitive interaction with content through Office Fast discovery using content metadata and tagging Rapid creation and publishing of web content
Flexibilty & Compliance	Pervasive records management and legal holds Enterprise-wide taxonomies and folksonomies Cross-farm policies and rules for all content types
Management Efficiency	Metadata and tagging managed by same services Less storage and bandwidth for Office & binary content Interoperability framework to link legacy repositories

SharePoint Search

Better Answers, Faster	Improved relevance based on usage and history Rich results-navigators for shorter search time Support for 400+ content types and 85 languages
Knowledge Amplification	Phonetic and multi-lingual for global relevance Social connections driven by interests and expertise Secure access to content, whether internal or external
Enterprise Deployment	Improved scale to meet any demand volume Deployment-specific tuning for best results Search-driven applications to enrich platform

SharePoint Insights

Data Interaction	Advanced analysis with Excel Services Richer data visualization and easy sharing Incorporation of LOB data in data analysis
Decision Making	Powerful Self-Service capabilities and visualizations Compelling dashboards to drive business results Rich reports with access to millions of rows
Organisational Effectiveness	Drive accountability and alignment with scorecards Identify issues and opportunities with real-time access Improved API for richer extensibility and development

SharePoint Composites

User-Driven Solutions	Enhanced toolset for end-user solutions Process automation and data validation with Forms Visio services integration for data visualization
Data Connectivity	Business Connectivity Services for LOB data exchange LOB data in Outlook, Word & Workspace without code SharePoint data exposed through web services & APIs
Solution Deployment	Sandboxed Solutions for self-service and fast installation Platform stability with resource quota-management Standards support for integration and accessibility