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# Plan Your Deployment

The articles in this section provide information on planning a Tableau Server deployment.

In addition to consulting the articles in this section, we recommend that you review [Tableau Blueprint](https://help.tableau.com/current/blueprint/en-us/bp_overview.htm) as a first step in your planning workflow. Tableau Blueprint is a step-by-step guide to becoming a data-driven organization.

## Validating your server deployment plan

Before you commit to installing a new Tableau Server deployment in your organization, be sure to carefully evaluate your options. For most organizations, Tableau Cloud will provide a more reliable, performant, and cost-effective analytics solution when compared to self-hosting Tableau Server. For information about the viability of Tableau Cloud for your organization, review this blog post, [Should I move my analytics to the cloud?](https://www.tableau.com/blog/should-i-move-my-analytics-cloud)

Already running Tableau Server and want to migrate to Tableau Cloud? See [Tableau Cloud Manual Migration Guide](https://help.tableau.com/current/guides/migration/en-us/emg_intro.htm).

## Other articles in this section