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# Install Tableau Server on the Google Cloud Platform

## This is archived content

Deployments on public clouds continue to be supported but the content for third-party public cloud deployments is no longer updated.

For the latest Tableau Server deployment content, see the [Deploy](https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/install.htm) section of Tableau Server help.

For those customers who have access, we recommend Tableau Cloud. For more details, see:

- [Tableau Cloud Manual Migration Guide](https://help.tableau.com/current/guides/migration/en-us/emg_intro.htm)
- [Tableau Cloud Trial for Admin](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-us/install.htm)
- [Tableau Cloud: Get Started for Admin](https://www.tableau.com/learn/get-started/online-admin)

## Introduction

When you install Tableau Server on a Google Compute Engine (GCE) virtual machine (VM), you still have the advanced capabilities of Tableau Server in a local environment. Running Tableau Server on a GCE VM is an excellent choice if you want the flexibility of scaling up and scaling out without having to purchase and maintain an expensive fleet of servers. For instance, you can configure Tableau Server to be highly available, and integrate with all of the common enterprise applications (for example, Active Directory) that many organizations rely on.

Looking for Tableau Server on Linux? See [Install Tableau Server on the Google Cloud Platform](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-us/ts_gcp_welcome.htm "Opens topic in a new browser tab").

Tableau Server can take advantage of many native Google Cloud Services:

- [Google Persistent Disk](https://cloud.google.com/persistent-disk/): Cloud-based block storage for virtual machines (VMs).
- [Google Cloud Storage](https://cloud.google.com/storage/): Cloud-based unified object storage for data archiving.
- [Google Cloud Dataflow](https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/): Cloud-based service for stream and batch data processing.
- [Google Cloud Dataproc](https://cloud.google.com/dataproc/): Cloud-based service for running Spark and Hadoop clusters.

In addition, you can store the data you use with Tableau Server using any of the following Google Cloud Services. Tableau provides native data [connectors](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/help.htm#exampleconnections_overview.htm) that enable you to connect to data in the following Google data sources:

- [Google Analytics](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_googleanalytics.htm): Web analytics tool for tracking and reporting website traffic.
- [Google BigQuery](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_googlebigquery.htm): Managed enterprise data warehouse for analytics.
- [Google Cloud SQL](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_googlecloudsql.htm): Managed SQL database service.
- [Google Sheets](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_googlesheets.htm): Spreadsheet included in Google Docs.

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