The first version of Tableau Service Manager (TSM) was introduced in Tableau Server 10.5, on Linux, with the TSM command-line interface (CLI). Now, with Tableau Server 2018.2, the TSM is available for both Windows and Linux, and contains three major components, as follows:
- A TSM CLI that replaces the previous tabadmin commands.
- A Tableau Service Manager API (currently in alpha) that allows you to perform administrative tasks through an API.