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# Data Connect for Private Network Data

As of September 2025, Tableau Data Connect is no longer available for new deployments. We recommend that existing customers migrate their Data Connect deployment to [Private Connect](https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-gb/private_connect_migrate_from_bridge.htm) or [Tableau Bridge](https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-gb/data_fresh_sync_section.htm). Data Connect will be retired in the future.

Data Connect is a paid subscription service available to Tableau Cloud Enterprise and Tableau+ customers. After you have purchased Data Connect, the site admin will be able to configure the service in the settings page of Tableau Cloud.

Tableau Bridge provides a way to access private network data that is behind a corporate firewall or locked down inside a virtual private cloud. After a connection has been established to Tableau Cloud, Bridge queries your local data as requests arrive and sends the private results back to Tableau Cloud.

Similar to Tableau Bridge, Data Connect provides access to private network data but provides a remotely managed, monitored and streamlined solution for connecting to your on-premise data.

![Various components of the Data Connect environment and the responsibility for managing those components.](/tableau/next/en-gb/online/en-gb/Img/data_connect-security_656x447.png)

Data Connect operates as a shared responsibility model. With this model, you supply the compute resources, which consist of a Data Connect Kubernetes cluster that is hosted in your environment and Tableau is responsible for managing the cluster. Tableau reduces the overhead of administration by remotely managing, monitoring and maintaining the Kubernetes cluster. With the ability to perform remedial actions to enable continuous availability, Tableau eliminates the need to monitor traffic and connection status. In addition, to reduce latency and lower network congestion, Data Connect allows you to determine the data centre, and edge locations and environments that best meet your requirements for performance.

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