Accessing Your Private Network Data with Tableau Cloud

Best Practices for Data Connect and Tableau Bridge

Editor's Note: As of September 16, 2025, Data Connect, which is mentioned here, is no longer available for new deployments. We recommend that existing customers migrate their Data Connect deployment to Private Connect or Tableau Bridge. Data Connect will be retired in the future. See Tableau Data Connect Retirement for more information.

To realize the value of Tableau Cloud, customers need to unlock all of their data—including data that resides on-premises or in virtual private clouds. In this guide, you will learn how Tableau Bridge and Data Connect enable seamless scalability and reduces administration of private network data access.

Topics include:

• How it works
• Personas and responsibilities
• Deployment scenarios and best practices