Tableau Desktop- Tableau Server

Question

Do I need to purchase Tableau Server also to use Tableau Desktop Professional?

Answer 1

No, you don't necessarily need to purchase Tableau Server to use Tableau Desktop. It completely depends on your business requirements.

You need Tableau Server when - 

1. You have a high growth & uncontrolled environment. This in turn leads to demanding high security, collaboration, governance and performance.
2. you want to use numerous data sources and want to share dashboards and workbooks, each with their own metadata layers, extracts and copies across your organization.