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A prior engagement with their previous distributor for Microsoft licences wasn\u2019t efficient, nor did it integrate with their Autotask system.<\/p>\n<p>Time-consuming manual provisioning was putting undue stress on Acelink\u2019s operations. It left them little in the way of margins on products like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-au\/vendors\/microsoft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft 365<\/a> and without a way to scale.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>How Pax8 Helped<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Mitchell,\u00a0Acelink\u2019s\u00a0Business Owner, decided to explore Pax8 after hearing positive buzz in the Australian MSP community.\u00a0He discovered a\u00a0wide breadth of products the Pax8 Marketplace offers,\u00a0so\u00a0he decided to give us a try.<\/p>\n<p>By partnering with Pax8, he immediately saw benefits from seamless licence management integration with Autotask. 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