{"id":56513,"date":"2025-08-22T10:51:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/?post_type=p_case_study&p=56513"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:51:47","slug":"with-pax8-a-cautious-msp-converts-to-cloud-and-conquers","status":"publish","type":"p_case_study","link":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/case-study\/with-pax8-a-cautious-msp-converts-to-cloud-and-conquers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud with a Side of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

For F1 Information Technologies<\/a> dropping $15K on another Microsoft Exchange server just wasn’t in the cards. On top of that, its accounting team was drowning in billing issues, thanks to a messy distributor relationship.<\/p>\n

The MSP knew it needed to move to the cloud to stay competitive and cut costs. However, switching partners felt risky, yet F1 Co-Founder and CEO John Paul Keesy wasn\u2019t backing down.<\/p>\n

Keesy knew the company needed to create a future-proof strategy of becoming cloud-first for the sake of its clients, so finding a new partner was the way forward.<\/p>\n

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How Pax8 Helped<\/h3>\n

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Pax8\u2019s engagement with F1 started with a simple shift of a few clients’ Microsoft 365 accounts from AWS to Azure. The transition was smoother than expected, and the Pax8 support was hands-on and responsive. Encouraged by the experience, F1 IT began exploring more of what Pax8 had to offer.<\/p>\n

As F1 moved more data to the cloud, it also needed a partner who could simplify operations, streamline billing and help them grow their efficiency while enabling new business opportunities in the cloud space.<\/p>\n

Through the Pax8 Marketplace, F1 discovered a centralized way to quote, order, bill and provision cloud products\u2014all in one place. No more juggling multiple platforms or vendors; Pax8 helps MSPs by giving them one monthly bill and insights on when to make increases. This new level of efficiency helped F1 free up time, reduce errors and give the team more control over their operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Pax8, we can catch billing errors that could have resulted in a profit loss,\u201d Keesy says. \u201cTheir technology catches any billing mistakes, and Pax8 has helped us capture more revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n

F1 continued to take advantage of all Pax8 offered, especially education. Through Pax8 Academy, Keesy was also able to empower his team to apply more upsell and cross-sell strategies and learn best practices for creating a secure, end-to-end technology stack.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what your numbers are with Pax8,” Keesy says. “This enables us to budget appropriately and gain more profitability.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

F1 IT chose Pax8 for cloud migration but gained new revenue opportunities in the process with tools and on-going education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":56515,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-56513","p_case_study","type-p_case_study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p_case_study\/56513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p_case_study"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/p_case_study"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}