1. Introduction to Nintex Workflow 2010

2. SharePoint is Amazing, Why Nintex?
 We don’t. SharePoint workflows are great, and you never need anything more
 Of course, you’ll probably need to hire a developer to be able to do them right
 Or you simply don’t care about being able to read and interpret what you’ve produced and
pass that knowledge along to the maintainer
 And you probably need to have a PhD just to translate something simple into SharePoint
 “Nintex Workflow 2010 looks good, but how much of it is just a nicer reworking of
functionality that SharePoint already provides (e.g., site workflows, reusable workflows,
the use of InfoPath for workflow startup forms and task forms)?”
 Everything you’re about to see on the upcoming slides:
 Is not delivered by SharePoint out of the box
 Is not offered by SharePoint Designer
 Is not offered by Visio

3. Nintex to the Rescue
 Design, Deploy, and Manage Everything from within SharePoint
 Start in SharePoint, stay in SharePoint while designing
 Draw and configure at the same time
 Easy to Learn, Master, and Use
 Easy drag-and-drop graphical designer
 One ribbon to set everything in an action
 Lazy Approval™ lets you complete a task with an email reply (even via mobile email)
 Track and Analyze Everything
 Workflow progress & performance statistics
 Step-by-step profiling
 Complete audit trail - Audit completions & cancellations
 Easy Work Reuse
 Can easily import/export workflows and parts of workflows (easily migrate from Dev
to QA to Production)

4. Nintex’s Logic & Connectivity
 Real-World Workflow Logic
 Loops
 ForEach Iterations
 State Machines
 Switches
 Conditional start rules
 Scheduled workflows
 Reach More SharePoint Functions, External Applications (Most are Enterprise only)
 Word & Excel Services
 User Profiles
 Business Connectivity Services
 Exchange Server
 Windows Server Active Directory
 Microsoft CRM
 And Many More

5. Nintex Workflow’s Contribution
What Nintex Adds to SharePoint What Nintex Does to SharePoint
Workflow Workflow
• Graphical designer • Makes it truly easy
• 100+ actions • Makes it truly powerful
• Management tools • Lets it model “real” work
• 20 Pre-built WF Templates • Makes it governable
• Brings it to everyone
This tool can be used by anyone
from an admin assistant, to an
experienced developer (and
anyone in-between)

6. Put another way, if you take Nintex
Workflow away from SharePoint, you can’t…
 Implement “real” workflow logic without code
 Start workflows based on conditions
 See all workflow activity across multiple sites
 See which users have the heaviest workloads
 Put workflow changes though an approval process
 Approve requests/complete tasks while offline
 Complete tasks from a mobile device without development
 Change a workflow without returning to one or more extra apps
 Keep your workflow from looking like a code flowchart
 Save and reuse pieces of one workflow in another
 Schedule workflows
 Reach out to external data or SharePoint service apps
 Design workflows quickly and easily
 Offer workflow to everyone

7. Demo – While You Were Out

8. Demo - Requirements
- Take a message for a user (add this to a SharePoint list)
- List Fields include:
- Recipient
- Contact details (phone number, address, etc.)
- Contact by (email, phone, etc.)
- What is the message
- If it’s business related
- Send an Email to the recipient notifying them of the message
- Have them respond to the message with “Thanks” to acknowledge receipt of the
message
- If the email isn’t handled within 1 hour, and it’s business related, inform the
manager of the message

9. Editions & Pricing
Approximate pricing for Nintex Workflow 2010
Edition Licensing Rules List Pricing (Approx) – Must also buy
Software Assurance (1 yr @ ~20%)
Workgroup Licensed per server $3,000 (USD)
(WFE), Max of 5 sites
(not site collections)
Standard Licensed per server $8,750 (USD)
(WFE), Unlimited sites
Enterprise – Includes Licensed per server $17,500 (USD)
many “Enterprise (WFE), Unlimited sites
only” features
Examples of “Enterprise only” features include:
 Word & Excel Service Integration Exchange Server Integration
 User Profile Management & Account Provisioning Windows Server Active Directory
 Business Connectivity Services Microsoft CRM Integration

10. In (Brief) Summary…
Nintex Can:
 Implement “real” workflow logic without code
 Save and reuse pieces of one workflow in another
 Change a workflow without returning to one or more extra apps
Nintex Enables Workflows in SharePoint to:
 Be truly easy and powerful
 Be governable
 Bring workflow to everyone

11. Q&A + Contact
Any Questions?
Contact Details: Nintex:
Colin Phillips http://www.nintex.com/
cphillips@itgroove.net
itgroove.net