The NVivo Collaboration Server (NCS) is a managed virtual server that supports collaborative NVivo projects. When several researchers work on the same research data collection with NVivo, sharing access to the resources can be complicated. The NVivo Collaboration Cloud is one option, but it is quite expensive, and the resources are not hosted at the University of Melbourne. The NCS runs on the Melbourne Research Cloud in the University’s private datacenter. Because NCS NVivo projects are inherently collaborative, this Resource is not allocated to you as an individual researcher but rather to research Activities - as such an Activity is needed to access this resource.
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How do I create an NVivo Collaboration Server Project?
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Important: We strongly recommend downloading QSR NVivo 20.6 (available from the Software Centre on any RCP Windows Researcher Desktop), particularly since NVivo 12 is not supported with any expertise by our team, and NVivo 14 does not support NVivo Collaboration Server at this stage (see more information here).
NVivo 20 icon on UoM Software Center Applications list
University staff and students can use the UoM license key to register the product. Information for installation and licensing is on ServiceNow. Make sure you use the license keys particular to the NVivo version that you installed.
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Before you can connect you will need both an NVivo project and to be granted access to the server. If you do not have access or have not requested a project yet, see above 'How do I create an NVivo Collaboration Server Project?'.
You need to be connected to a UoM VPN to work with the NVivo Collaboration server.
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