Tableau Bridge is crucial for organizations that need to integrate their on-premises data with Tableau Cloud, providing a seamless and secure way to harness the full power of their data. It is a proxy client that allows organizations to connect their on-premises or private cloud data to Tableau Cloud or Tableau Online, which is a fully hosted, cloud-based analytics platform that allows organizations to access, analyze and share data through a web browser without needing on-premises infrastructure. 

Tableau Bridge is a crucial component for leveraging Tableau Cloud, ensuring seamless connectivity to on-premises data sources. It can be effectively scaled to support both data extracts and live connections, facilitating load balancing for extract processing. Additionally, Tableau Bridge enables the centralized management and deployment of data sources. In real-world enterprise scenarios, deploying Tableau Bridge is considered a best practice for multi-user, multi-tenant setups.

In our latest whitepaper, we explore how the Tableau Bridge can be deployed to maintain live connections to on-premises data and maintain published extracts of data sources that Tableau Online cannot reach directly, to ensure a seamless and secure way to harness the full power of organizational data.