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Server Architecture

Master the skills you need to design a successful Tableau Server deployment in this advanced course. Learn server processes, integrating with preferred authentication options, monitoring, performance tuning, scaling to meet ongoing enterprise demand, and much more.

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This course includes 90 days of free access to eLearning. With on-demand eLearning you can keep your new skills sharp with more than 150 hours of training content accessible anytime, anywhere. New Feature Spotlight lessons are released quarterly, so you can stay up to date on all the latest product features and continue to get the most out of Tableau.

Who should take this course:

This course provides in-depth coverage of Tableau Server distributed architecture and High Availability configuration. The knowledge and skills acquired are best geared toward those architecting and administering enterprise deployments of Tableau Server as well as those who will be involved in customer installations of Tableau Server.

Note: This class is taught using a Windows server environment.

When you complete this course, you will be able to:
  • Identify and describe authentication methods.
  • Upgrade Tableau Server using a robust “Blue/Green” approach rather than an in-place upgrade.
  • Back up, restore, and uninstall Tableau Server.
  • Understand the role of fault tolerance and high availability in server architecture design.
  • Create a distributed three-node server environment.
  • Test user loads on both single-node and multi-node environments using TabJolt.
  • Configure a server environment to use an external load balancer.
  • Perform a hot-topology change.


View the full course description in Trailhead Academy.

Prerequisites
Course includes
  • A course manual containing key concepts on each topic covered and extensive hands-on activities to reinforce the skills and knowledge attained
  • Trial access to Tableau eLearning to discover self-paced, guided learning paths and earn digital badges (public classroom attendees only)
  • This course provides a Certification of Completion
  • Continuing Education Credit (CPE) Hours: 13 or 15.75 depending on the course you select (the 2 days/8 hrs per day option or the 5 days/2.5 hours per day with labs option, respectively)

This course is part of the Server Architect Learning Path. Find out more.