In the SharePoint 2007 days, Microsoft published 40 SharePoint ‘Applications’ (basically templates and site definitions) that can be utilized for a variety of purposes:

• Board of Directors meeting site
• Vacation Scheduling
• Classroom Management
• and a whole lot more..

Many companies ended up using these templates for their needs. Unfortunately, Microsoft decided to not upgrade these templates for SharePoint 2010. However… Khalil from TechSol decided to upgrade them himself. The upgraded application templates can be found here:

http://techsolutions.net/Blog/tabid/65/EntryId/17/Fab-40-Templates-for-MOSS-2010.aspx