index.qmd

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title: "VRE Documentation for UU researchers"
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# Welcome

A Virtual Research Environment (VRE) is a temporary compute environment that enables researchers to work interactively and remotely on research. A VRE contains tools and data that scientists need for their research. 

Utrecht University provides VREs based on SURF Research Cloud, which is a good alternative for commercial cloud providers like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.

**See [here](docs/workspace-catalogue.qmd) for a list of available workspace types and their documentation.**

# Overview documentation

This page provides user documentation for Surf Research Cloud for researchers at Utrecht University. Get started using the links below!

- [What is Research Cloud?](docs/research-cloud-intro.qmd)
- [How to get started?](docs/onboarding.qmd)
- [First steps](docs/first-steps.qmd)
- [Using a workspace](docs/workspace-catalogue.qmd)
- [User manuals](docs/manuals.qmd)
- [Practical tips for responsible use](docs/responsible-use.qmd)
- [Terms of use](docs/terms-of-use.qmd)
- [Privacy](docs/privacy.qmd)
- [Glossary](docs/glossary.qmd)
- [Contact](docs/contact.qmd)