--- title: "STACKIT Introduction" description: "An introduction to STACKIT's sovereign cloud vision, its position within the Schwarz Group, and the key customer benefits and services." scfAsset: managed: false category: "guide" maintainers: - user: "can.celik1" external: true tags: ["STACKIT University", "Learning", "STACKIT", "Overview", "Sovereignty", "Partner"] source_url: "https://framework.stackit.cloud/advisory/assetcontainer/stackit/stackit-introduction/" source_file: "docs/advisory/assetcontainer/stackit/stackit-introduction.mdx" --- ## Course Overview An entry-level course that sets up everything else in STACKIT University. It explains STACKIT's place inside the Schwarz Group and Schwarz Digits, walks through the three pillars behind the sovereign cloud promise — Scalable, Secure, Sovereign — and unpacks what each one actually guarantees in practice, from EU-only data centers to independence from foreign investors. From there it moves into the architecture itself: the IaaS and PaaS layers, how resources are managed through the Portal, API, CLI, and Terraform, and how the 6R framework (rehost, replatform, refactor, repurchase, retain, retire) maps existing workloads onto STACKIT services. It's built for anyone who needs a working mental model of STACKIT before going deeper — new customers, new partners, or new hires — so that later courses on the portfolio, portal, or sales don't have to re-explain the basics. By the end, you'll be able to place STACKIT correctly against hyperscalers and on-premise alternatives, and know which migration strategy fits a given workload. ### What You'll Learn - Explain STACKIT's relationship to the Schwarz Group and why that backing translates into financial and operational stability - Describe what "Scalable, Secure, Sovereign" concretely guarantees — not just the slogan - Distinguish STACKIT's IaaS and PaaS layers and know which one a given use case calls for - Match an existing workload to the right 6R migration strategy - Navigate the STACKIT Portal, APIs, CLI, and Terraform provider as entry points for managing resources ### Modules - STACKIT and the Schwarz Group - Mission, Vision, and Core Values - Key Benefits and Strategic Value - Big Picture: STACKIT Architecture and Services