DS17 have spent the Christmas weekend studying for our Tableau Server Certified Associate exams. Exciting stuff! Here we’d like to share a big directory of all the Tableau Server resources we’ve been using during our studies in the hope that they might help you too.

First of all, this PDF is incredibly helpful:
https://help.tableau.com/v2019.4/offline/en-us/tableau_server_windows.pdf
Anything to do with baseline configurations or default processing configurations:
https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-us/server_baseline_config.htm
Technical specifications:
https://www.tableau.com/products/techspecs#server
STMP (email):
https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-gb/config_smtp.htm
Ports, ports and more ports!
https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-us/ports.htm

That big long list of processes, what does it all mean?
https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-us/processes.htm
Workflow processes – so tricky, but worry not, Ravi to the rescue!
https://public.tableau.com/profile/technical.product.marketing#!/vizhome/TableauServerProcessScenarios/ServerArchitectureFlow
Database drivers, what are they? How do you install them? LOOK HERE!
https://www.tableau.com/support/drivers

What’s a cube?
https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/pro/desktop/en-us/cubes.htm
How the hell do I even install Server?
https://help.tableau.com/current/guides/everybody-install/en-us/everybody_admin_install.htm
Authentication!!!!
Trusted authentication: https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-us/trusted_auth.htm
SAML: https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-us/saml.htm
Kerberos: https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-us/kerberos.htm
SSL: https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-us/ssl.htm
OpenID: https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-us/openid_auth.htm
Ok that’s enough authentication…
Tableau Server Manager: https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-us/cli_customize.htm

Customise it, make it pretty, make it HOT: https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-us/cli_customize.htm
Don’t like your co-workers? Change their permissions!
https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server/en-us/permissions.htm
Techno, techno A P I!!
https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_ref.htm

What the hell are your co-workers doing with their licenses?
https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/desktopdeploy/en-us/desktop_deploy_reporting_admin.htm
Look after your Tableau Server Manager, cherish it, maintain it:
https://help.tableau.com/v2019.2/server-linux/en-us/cli_maintenance_tsm.htm