Monthly Archives: May 2016

Tableau Kerberos Delegation to SQL Server / SSAS – Part 2 – Setting it up

The ability to use Kerberos delegation against SQL Server and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) was introduced in Tableau Server 8.3; we covered theory in the post Tableau Kerberos Delegation to SQL Server / SSAS Part 1 – The Theory (Kerberos Tickets, Service Principal Names and Token Size) – make sure you have reviewed that before continuing… Read More »

Tableau Kerberos Delegation to SQL Server / SSAS – Part 1 – The Theory (Kerberos Tickets, Service Principal Names and Token Size)

Active Directory is by default geared to a two tier Client/Server architecture, the Client can only use resources either locally or on the Server it directly connects to. For multi-tier Client/Server environments it’s more tricky because the user doesn’t authenticate directly with the target server perhaps not even able to connect because of firewall or routing constraints, the middle… Read More »