Headless 360Beginnerexperience-cloudportal
What is Experience Cloud in a headless context?
Real World Scenario
A partner portal uses a custom Angular app but still needs Salesforce authentication and case data.
Expected Answer
• Experience Cloud provides external user access, sharing, and branding for portals
• Headless setups may use Experience Cloud auth while rendering UI elsewhere
• APIs and connected apps let external apps act as authenticated community users
• License types differ for Customer Community vs Partner Community users
• Sharing sets and profiles still govern what external users see
Follow-Up Questions & Answers
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Sometimes with OAuth and API-only users, but you still need a model for external identity and sharing. Experience Cloud simplifies that for many B2B portals.
Architect Perspective
Headless does not mean headless security—always mention sharing and external profiles.