1. Discover what is actually running
- ✓Inventory workflows by site, list, library, item trigger, scheduled trigger, manual trigger, owner, last run, failure history, and business process.
- ✓Document actions that update SharePoint data, send mail, create tasks, call external systems, generate documents, manage approvals, or drive compliance steps.
- ✓Identify service accounts, credentials, connectors, API calls, web service actions, on-prem dependencies, and notification mailboxes.
- ✓Capture the validation owner for each workflow. A workflow cannot be considered migrated until the process owner confirms outcomes.
2. Choose the right migration path
- ✓Retire workflows that support obsolete processes, inactive sites, abandoned forms, or duplicate work.
- ✓Rebuild simple workflows with standard Power Automate trigger/action patterns and clear owner handoff.
- ✓Redesign complex processes when the old workflow depends on long-running state, custom code, fragile approvals, or unsupported connectors.
- ✓Use Dataverse, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, or integration middleware when Power Automate alone is not the right architecture.
- ✓Consolidate similar workflows into reusable patterns when departments built variations of the same process.
Product accelerator
Move Nintex workflows with Flow Migrator
For teams moving Nintex and legacy workflow estates into Power Automate, Flow Migrator helps turn discovery, mapping, and rebuild planning into a repeatable migration motion.
Where Flow Migrator fits
- ✓Identify workflow candidates, dependencies, owners, triggers, approvals, and failure points.
- ✓Separate direct rebuilds from processes that need redesign, governance, or integration architecture.
- ✓Accelerate migration planning from Nintex into supportable Power Automate patterns.
3. Set Power Automate production standards
- ✓Use solutions, environment variables, connection references, service accounts, documented ownership, and consistent naming.
- ✓Add error handling, alerts, retry logic, run logging, owner notifications, and support runbooks.
- ✓Document DLP policy impact, connector risk, premium licensing needs, and environment boundaries.
- ✓Test with representative data and process owners before disabling legacy workflows.
4. Use Flow Migrator for the workflow estate
Nintex migration should be a program, not a collection of emergency rebuilds. Flow Migrator is the product path for organizing workflow discovery, prioritization, and migration planning into Power Automate.
- ✓Use Flow Migrator when there are many workflows, unknown owners, unclear dependencies, or a tight migration deadline.
- ✓Pair the product with Horton Scientific consulting when workflows require process redesign, governance, Power Platform architecture, or integration planning.
- ✓Use the guide outputs as input for Flow Migrator discovery, scoring, migration backlog, and cutover planning.