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Custom URL/Vanity URL for my SharePoint
I am not sure if I understood the response correctly.
But even if the site is Public and I want external users to remember it as a simple name(mydomain.com) rather than a complex url (tenantname.sharepoint.com/sites/mysite) is there not a way to have a diff vanity url. something we could configure in Sharepoint or by using other ways.
Nikhil1990There are no traditional public sites in SharePoint Online. We used to define a public site in SharePoint on-prem as a site that didn't need authentication. These sites briefly existed in SPO but have not been turned off. You do have the ability to have anonymous access on a site but the users must use the link you send them to gain access, so a simple URL is of limited value.
I wouldn't recommend anonymous access in most situations because of the security implications. You would be better limiting access to a site collection via domain and authenticated users, which is what I do for all my customers as a default governance position.