Offline Activation Tableau Exclusive Here
Offline activation is not "set and forget." You must manage renewals, audits, and deactivations manually.
Enable customers to activate a licensed copy of Tableau Exclusive without requiring the product to contact the license server directly (for air-gapped environments or strict firewall policies). Support both single-seat (Desktop) and server/cluster (Server) products. offline activation tableau exclusive
| Feature | Standard Online Activation | Offline Activation (Exclusive) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Internet required | Yes, at time of activation | No (transfer file via USB) | | Auto-renewal | Automatic | Manual (re-apply license file) | | Hardware binding | Soft binding (can change) | Hard binding (Tied to TPM/MAC) | | Audit trail | Cloud-based | Local only (by admin) | | Use case | SaaS, cloud, general BI | Classified, military, nuclear, zero-trust | Offline activation is not "set and forget
Critical Note: "Exclusive" also implies that you cannot mix online and offline nodes in the same Tableau Server cluster. Once you go offline, the entire deployment must be exclusive. Critical Note: "Exclusive" also implies that you cannot
To free up the license for a new server:
If the offline server is dead (hardware failure): You must contact Tableau Support (Salesforce case) with proof of destruction to manually release the license. Without this, that "exclusive" seat is permanently locked to the dead hardware.