IT & AI –
an Academy

Slides and podcasts covering 13 topic areas – from networking and security to cloud, prompt engineering and the Claude ecosystem.

Explore the topic areas ↓

📘 Note: this overview page is in English, but the course content itself (slides and podcast episodes) is currently available in German only. Each card below links directly into the German learning portal.

Topic areas

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LB-01 · Networking

OSI & TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, STP/LAG, routing, NAT, Wi-Fi, VPN, diagnostics & network security

12 chapters →
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LB-02 · Operating systems

OS history, kernel, Windows desktop & server, DOS/CMD, PowerShell, Linux, macOS, deployment, patch management & file systems

12 chapters →
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LB-03 · Hardware

CPU, RAM & ECC, storage (HDD/SSD/NVMe), mainboards, server hardware, cabling, diagnostics

7 chapters →
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LB-04 · Servers & services

Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, file server & DFS, print server, RDS, IIS, database server

9 chapters →
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LB-05 · Virtualisation & containers

Hypervisor basics, VMware/ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox, Docker, getting started with Kubernetes

6 chapters →
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LB-06 · Storage & backup

RAID, SAN & NAS, backup strategies (3-2-1-1-0), VSS/snapshots, database backup, backup vendors

6 chapters →
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LB-07 · IT security

Protection goals, malware, antivirus/NGAV, EDR/XDR, firewalls, mail security, SSL/TLS, IAM, SIEM, BSI

10 chapters →
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LB-08 · Cloud

Cloud models, Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, migration, IaC, cloud security & FinOps

8 chapters →
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LB-09 · Monitoring & management

Monitoring vs. observability, open-source & commercial tools, RMM, ITSM/ticketing, documentation

6 chapters →
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LB-10 · Scripting & automation

PowerShell, Bash, cron & task scheduling, Python for admins, Git, CI/CD basics

7 chapters →
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LB-11 · AI & prompt engineering

AI fundamentals (LLM, embeddings, RAG), prompting techniques, AI in everyday IT (support, AD, Office), governance & model comparison

30 chapters →
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LB-12 · AI tools & the Claude ecosystem

claude.ai, Claude Code, MCP, function calling, AI agents, Claude apps, plus local AI infrastructure (Docker, Ollama, Open WebUI)

14 chapters →
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LB-13 · Training & soft skills

Customer communication, teamwork, project work & time management, presentations, learning strategies and apprenticeship law – practical know-how for trainees

6 chapters →

🎧 Podcast

Every chapter also available to listen to – as two-voice episodes across all topic areas.

Go to the episodes →

🤖 AI News

Recent developments from the world of AI as update episodes – independent of the fixed topic areas.

Go to the latest issue →