Join us as we explore two major AI capabilities reshaping Tableau administration: the Tableau MCP Server (released November 2025) and Tableau Agent for Tableau Server (GA in 2025.3). This session covers what these features mean for your infrastructure and security posture.

Tableau MCP (Model Context Protocol)

• Architecture: MCP hosts, clients, and server topology

• Transport options: stdio vs. streamable-http for enterprise deployment

• Central hosting with HTTP transport + OAuth for multi-user environments

• Available tools: workbook/view browsing and data extraction

• Security considerations: PAT management, data access controls

Tableau Agent on Server (2025.3)

• Requirements: OpenAI API key integration (2025.3 supports OpenAI only)

• Site configuration: Enabling AI for web authoring

• Supported capabilities: Prep workflows and web authoring

• Trust layer differences: Server connects directly to LLM (no Einstein Trust Layer)

Practical Admin Considerations

• Network/firewall implications for MCP and external LLM calls

• Monitoring and auditing AI usage