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Permissions required to Add, Register, Deploy and Activate the NAC App

  • July 25, 2025
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Action Required Permissions Notes
Install the Nintex Automation Cloud app within SharePoint  Automation administrator or Global administrator is required.  For information about user roles, see User roles
  SharePoint Site Collection Administrator  For more information, please visit Manage Site Admins
Establish a connection between NAC and SharePoint  Automation administrator or Global administrator is required.  For information about user roles, see User roles
Establish a SharePoint Integration from NAC using the newly defined SPO Connection described above  Automation administrator or Global administrator is required. 

For information about user roles, see User roles

For migrations, please take note of the following: 

  • We recommend selecting the "Tenant" option, if possible.  

  • Remember to check the “Allow user to select Nintex Automation for O365” checkbox at the bottom of the screen. 

Create an Azure Active Directory connector 

Azure Active Directory: 
Read all user's full profile 
Read all user's basic profile 

 
Create a SharePoint Online connector  Global administrator   
  Non-global administrator 

When creating a connection for SharePoint Online via the Automate or Designer page in Nintex Automation Cloud, ask your global administrator to grant the following permissions to the Nintex Connector - SharePoint Online: 

  • Maintain access to data you have given it access to 

  • Read and write all groups 

  • Read all users' basic profiles