What happens if a user with an Explorer license is granted the Server Administrator site role?

It is common knowledge that users granted the Explorer (Can Publish) site role with an Explorer license can publish workbooks using existing data sources, but cannot connect to external data and create new data sources .

What happens if a user with an Explorer license is granted the Server Administrator site role?
A . A Server Administrator with an Explorer license still cannot connect to external data and create new data sources
B . A Server Administrator with an Explorer license can now connect to external data and create new data sources
C . This site role isn’t allowed to be assigned to the Explorer license to begin with

View Answer

Answer: A

Explanation:

Link to Tableau Server documentation:

https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/users_site_roles.htm