Nintex K2 product compatibility, integration, and support

How to use this matrix

Use this matrix to determine what products and versions of products are supported and compatible with various versions of Nintex K2. A check mark means that the listed product/version is supported by Nintex K2. If any product or version is not listed and not covered by the Nintex Automation product support and release strategy , it is not supported. A missing check mark means that the listed product/version is not supported with that specific version of Nintex K2.

Note: 
Product support policy and release strategy:

Software releases

This section contains the release history and upgrade compatibility tables for Nintex K2 products.

Nintex K2 product version release history
The table below lists the version release history for recent Nintex K2 product versions. Refer to the release notes links for more information about that release. The article Nintex K2 product releases and build numbers contains a complete list of Nintex K2 releases and builds, and the article Nintex K2 product support and release strategy lists the support lifecycle for different products and releases.
Nintex K2 version Build number Release date Release notes
Nintex K2 Cloud
Nintex K2 Cloud (Update 22) 5.1022.1000.x August 2025 Nintex K2 Cloud release notes
Nintex Automation K2
Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) short term support release 5.0010.2000.x April 2026 Nintex Automation K2 K2 release notes
Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) 5.0010.1000.x December 2025 Nintex Automation K2 K2 release notes

Nintex Automation K2 (5.8.1) short term support release

(Support expired March 2026)

5.0009.2000.x April 2025 Nintex Automation K2 K2 release notes
Note: 
Nintex Automation (5.8) 5.0009.1000.x September 2024 Nintex Automation K2 release notes
Nintex Automation (5.7) 5.0008.1000.x September 2023 Nintex Automation K2 release notes
Nintex K2 Five
Nintex K2 Five (5.6) 5.0007.1000.x August 2022 Nintex K2 Five release notes
Nintex K2 Five (5.5) 5.0006.1000.x July 2021 Nintex K2 Five release notes
Nintex K2 Five (5.4) 5.0005.1000.x June 2020 KB003510
Nintex K2 Five (5.3) 5.0004.1000.x May 2019 KB002966
Nintex K2 Five (5.2) 5.0003.1000.x October 2018 KB002606
Nintex K2 Five (5.1) 5.0002.1000.x April 2018 KB002301
Nintex K2 Five (5.0) 5.0001.1000.x November 2017 KB002044

 

Release upgrade compatibility
This upgrade compatibility matrix describes which versions of Nintex K2 ("Installed version") can be upgraded to which later versions of Nintex K2 ("Version to be installed").
Note: 
  • Nintex strongly recommends that you upgrade to the latest released version to ensure you receive all new features and fixes.
  • Upgrading Nintex K2 blackpearl (4.7), Nintex K2 Five versions (5.0), (5.1), (5.2), (5.3), (5.4), (5.5), and (5.6), and Nintex Automation K2 K2 versions (5.7) and (5.8) to Nintex Automation K2 K2 (5.9.1) is not supported. With Nintex Automation K2 K2 (5.9.1), you can only upgrade from Nintex Automation K2 K2 (5.9)
  • Upgrading Nintex K2 blackpearl (4.7) or Nintex K2 Five versions (5.0), (5.1), (5.2), (5.3), (5.4), (5.5), and (5.6) to Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) is not supported. With Nintex Automation K2 (5.9), you must upgrade from a previous version to at least Nintex Automation (5.7) or Nintex Automation (5.8) before upgrading to the latest version of Nintex Automation.
  • Upgrading Nintex K2 blackpearl (4.7) or Nintex K2 Five versions (5.0), (5.1), (5.2), (5.3), (5.4), (5.5), (5.6), and Nintex Automation (5.7) to Nintex Automation K2 (5.8.1) is not supported. With Nintex Automation (5.8.1), you must upgrade from a previous version to at least Nintex Automation (5.8) before upgrading to Nintex Automation K2 (5.8.1).
  • See Support lifecycles for more information about product versions currently in standard or extended support.
  • If you have Nintex K2 installed with the K2 database in Azure SQL, you must upgrade to the next version of Nintex K2 versus jumping versions. For example, if you are on Nintex K2 Five (5.2) and you wish to upgrade to Nintex K2 Five (5.5), you must first upgrade to Nintex K2 Five (5.3), then to Nintex K2 Five (5.4), and finally to Nintex K2 Five (5.5).
  Version to be installed
Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation K2 (5.8.1) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)

Installed

version

Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) ✓

Nintex Automation (5.8.1)

(Support expired March 2026)

✓
Nintex Automation (5.8) ✓ ✓
Nintex Automation (5.7) ✓ ✓
Nintex K2 Five (5.6) ✓ ✓
Nintex K2 Five (5.5) ✓
Nintex K2 Five (5.4) ✓
Nintex K2 Five (5.3) ✓
Nintex K2 Five (5.2) ✓
Nintex K2 Five (5.1) ✓
Nintex K2 Five (5.0) ✓
Nintex K2 blackpearl 4.7 ✓
None ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

 

Installation compatibility

This section describes the platforms and software components that are required for installing Nintex K2, including optional Nintex K2 components. Other optional integration components (such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Microsoft Exchange Server) are covered in the Product integration section.

Prerequisites and installation compatibility matrix
Server components Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Windows Server 2025 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Windows Server 2022 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Windows Server 2019 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Windows Server 2016 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Windows 10 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Client components Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Windows Server 2025 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Windows Server 2022 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Windows Server 2019 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Windows Server 2016 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Windows 11 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Windows 10 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microsoft SQL Server Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Azure SQL Database ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SQL Server 2025 ✓ ✓
SQL Server 2022 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SQL Server 2019 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SQL Server 2017 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SQL Server 2016 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microsoft SharePoint Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
SharePoint Online ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SharePoint Server Subscription Edition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SharePoint 2019 (On-Prem) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SharePoint 2016 (On-Prem) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SharePoint 2013 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microsoft Visual Studio Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Visual Studio 2015 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Visual Studio 2013 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.NET Framework Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
.NET Framework 4.8 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.NET Framework 4.7.2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.NET Framework 4.7.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.NET Framework 4.7 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.NET Framework 4.6.2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.NET Framework 4.6.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.NET Framework 3.5 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.NET Core Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
.NET Core 10.0.0 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.NET Core 8.0.5 ✓ ✓ ✓
.NET 6.0 ✓ ✓
Microsoft Management Console MMC Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
MMC 3.0 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microsoft PowerShell Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
PowerShell 5.0 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
PowerShell 4.0 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
PowerShell 3.0 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mobile apps operating systems Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Nintex K2 Workspace for iOS: iOS 13 or later ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Nintex K2 Workspace for Android: Android 8 or later ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

US Government compatibility

This section lists which US Government Cloud environments support Nintex K2 installations.

National Cloud
Microsoft Office 365 Government Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
GCC High ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Authentication (Identity Providers) compatibility

This section lists which user identity providers can be used for inbound authentication with Nintex K2. For more on authentication in Nintex K2, see Authentication and Authorization in Nintex K2. Nintex K2 uses a concept called "user managers" to interact with identity providers; for more information on user managers in Nintex K2, see Introduction to User Managers in the installation and configuration guide. Nintex K2 Cloud uses OpenID Connect and can integrate with SCIM 2.0 identity providers for inbound authentication. If you have a SCIM 2.0-compliant and OpenID Connect-capable identity provider and do not see it listed in the supported identity providers below, please contact your Nintex K2 representative to have your identity provider assessed for future support.

Authentication provider compatibility matrix
Identity provider Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Azure Active Directory (AAD)
* now known as Microsoft Entra ID
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Active Directory (AD) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Nintex K2 SQL User Manager (SQLUM) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Google Cloud Identity ✓
Okta Cloud Identity ✓
PingFederate Cloud Identity ✓
onelogin Identity ✓

Product integration compatibility

This section describes products and versions of products that Nintex K2 can integrate with, through Service Brokers, Workflow Wizards or other integration mechanisms.

Microsoft product integration
Microsoft SharePoint Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
SharePoint Online ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SharePoint Server Subscription Edition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SharePoint 2019 (On-Prem) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SharePoint 2016 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SharePoint 2013 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microsoft SQL Server Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Azure SQL Database ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SQL Server 2025 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SQL Server 2022 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SQL Server 2019 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SQL Server 2017 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SQL Server 2016 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microsoft Exchange Server Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Exchange Online ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Exchange 2019 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Exchange 2016 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Exchange 2013
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
CRM Online ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CRM 2016 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CRM Online 2015 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CRM 2015 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CRM 2013 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microsoft Power Automate Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Microsoft Power Automate ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Microsoft Teams Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Microsoft Teams ✓
Nintex AssureSign Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Nintex AssureSign ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Nintex RPA Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Nintex RPA ✓ ✓ ✓
Other product integration
Nintex K2 connect for SAP Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Nintex K2 connect ✳ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Oracle Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Oracle 23ai ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Oracle 21c ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Oracle 19c ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Oracle 18c ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Oracle 12c (Release 2) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Oracle 12c (Release 1) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Oracle 11g (Release 2) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Oracle 11g (Release 1) ✓ ✳ ✳ ✳ ✳
DocuSign Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
DocuSign Enterprise REST API v2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Salesforce Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Salesforce ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
RPA providers Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
UiPath ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Blue Prism ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Generic brokers Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Javascript Service Provider (JSSP) ✓ ✓ ✓
REST ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
OData ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Web Services ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
WCF Services ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
.NET Assemblies ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Browser compatibility

This section lists the web browsers tested against the following use cases:

  • Design-time: Designing artifacts using the available Nintex K2 browser-based design tools, which include the design tools available in the Designer site.
  • Runtime and Mobile: Using Nintex K2 websites (for example, the Management site and Workspace) worklists and SmartForms.

Note: 
If you experience slow performance when loading SmartForms, Workspace, or Management pages, it can be due to the choice of language within your browser. See Infinite spinner or delay in loading SmartForms and Management pages with specific languages for more information about resolving this issue.
Browser compatibility
Design-time Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Edge ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Internet Explorer (11)
Chrome ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Silverlight ✳
Runtime Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Edge ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Internet Explorer (11)
Chrome ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Silverlight ✳
Mobile browsers Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation (5.8) Nintex Automation (5.7)
Windows Devices (Native Browser) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Android (Native Browser) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Localization

Localization is available from Nintex Automation (5.8) allowing you to use the product in design time and runtime in your preferred supported language. See Localization for information about enabling the supported languages in your environment.

Localization
Nintex K2 Cloud Nintex Automation K2 (5.9.1) Nintex Automation K2 (5.9) Nintex Automation K2 (5.8.1) Nintex Automation (5.8)
Arabic ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
French ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
German ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Spanish ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Mobile apps

This section lists which mobile apps languages are supported.

Mobile apps languages
Android and iOS (only) Android iOS
English ✓ ✓
German ✓ ✓
French ✓ ✓
Simplified Chinese ✓ ✓
Traditional Chinese ✓ ✓
Croatian ✓ ✓
Spanish ✓ ✓
Russian ✓ ✓
Czech ✓ ✓
Japanese ✓ ✓
Slovak ✓ ✓