SharePoint Online – Public Websites end on 1 April 2017!

If you have not migrated your Public Websites elsewhere, act quickly.

Public Websites will no longer be available from 1 April 2017!

In April 2015, Microsoft announced it would stop supporting Public Websites in Office 365.

Creation of new Public Websites was then blocked, while existing sites were guaranteed to work for two more years.

Those two years have passed: 31 March 2017 will be the last day you can access your Public Websites.

Microsoft's statement:

 “As we originally communicated in March 2015, new Office 365 subscription plans no longer include the SharePoint Online public website feature. We notified Office 365 customers who currently use this feature could continue using this feature for a minimum of two years.

Beginning March 2017, existing SharePoint Online organizations may no longer have access to the public website feature..”