​@Mini - Can you - or someone on your team - please help ​@MegaJerk with their question above?

Thanks!

-Sam

​@MegaJerk We are following this up for you and will update this post with a response.

Could you please send me a PM with the name of the Nintex person you spoke with regarding the license renewal? I'd like to reach out to them directly to get a clearer picture of the situation.

Thank you, ​@leighburke!

Any update on this?

Seems that things are fine for now and that if anything changes, there should be some sort of communication from Nintex about it. Based on everything I've read from Microsoft, the engine that Nintex On Prem relies on will be deprecated across all platforms but will remain installed - meaning it just will no longer be supported by them (MS).

If Microsoft chooses to remove the feature (forcefully - as they have done for SharePoint Online), that would also then take Nintex Workflow On Prem with it, but nobody knows yet if that will ever happen.

Still though it might be worth at least starting the conversations about what to do if that day should ever come. We ended up speaking with the K2 Nintex reps about that product since it is the thing they are offering that is still On Premises, but it is both quite different in terms of architecture and seems to be much more expensive compared to something like Nintex Forms + Workflows for SharePoint On Prem.

I hope that helps to answer any of your questions. 

MegaJerk, we’re faced with this same issue since we’re running SP2019 on-premises. What I’ve discovered is that MS does intend to remove the capability not just deprecate it under SPSE (Subscription Edition). As a result, once we upgrade to SPSE we will not be able to run Nintex Workflows using the SP2010 workflow engine and are planning to replace Nintex Workflow with a Business Automation tool that is no longer dependent on Microsoft. Plus, with a BPA tool that is outside the scope of SharePoint, we are no longer hindered by SharePoints cross-site-collection and cross-webApp limitations; finally.

Do you have any information regarding the full removal of the WF engine for SharePoint SE? 

This is the last known good update from them regarding it, and it does not indicate that it is being removed totally: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/what-s-new/what-s-deprecated-or-removed-from-sharepoint-server-subscription-edition

While I certainly think now is a great time to start looking into alternatives, I’m mostly curious where you’re getting your information from as it could prove useful to myself and others.

MagaJerk, this is what I found: “SharePoint Server Subscription Edition will support SharePoint 2010-based workflows until July 14, 2026, while SharePoint 2013-based workflows will remain supported beyond that date.” They have no incentive to leave SP2010 workflow engine working on SPSE since they’re leaning on the SP2013 workflow engine. This is consistent with their previous behavior of removing functionality regardless of the impact on existing customers.

SharePoint 2013 workflow retirement - Microsoft Support