Tableau Server on the Google Cloud Platform deployment options

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Deployments on public clouds continue to be supported but the content for third-party public cloud deployments is no longer updated.

For the latest Tableau Server deployment content, see the Enterprise Deployment Guide(Link opens in a new window) and the Deploy(Link opens in a new window) section of Tableau Server help.

For those customers who have access, we recommend Tableau Cloud. For more details, see:

Introduction

You can deploy Tableau Server on a Google Compute Engine (GCE) virtual machine (VM). A Tableau Server deployment on GCE supports the following:

Tableau Server Google Compute Engine VM Self-Deployment
Production ready
Upgrade Tableau without replacing the VM
Install on Linux
Install on Windows
Scale-up
Scale-out (add nodes)
Active Directory support
BYOL license

The self-deployment option is described in more detail below:

For more information about Tableau Server licensing options, see Licensing Overview(Link opens in a new window).