Tableau Desktop application is hosted on Citrix environment, which is only accessible to authorized Tableau Developers. Tableau Desktop is used to connect to data sources and develop dashboards. Please note that, Interactors and Viewers are restricted to access Tableau Desktop.
Tableau Server is a web-based application, which is used to share Dashboards and Data Sources* with Interactors and Viewers. Tableau Server has '3' different sites: Tableau Development Site, Tableau QA Site and Tableau Production Site.
Please note that, Tableau Development Site is only accessible to authorized "Tableau Developers". Tableau QA and Production Sites are accessible to authorized Interactors and Viewers.
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