POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Nutanix, Inc. (the
Company), hereby constitutes and appoints each of Rajiv Ramaswami, Duston M.
Williams, Tyler Wall, Aaron Boynton, Olive Huang, Carmen Elliott, Raymond Hum,
and Hae Cheong Chang, individually, as the undersigneds true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1.	prepare, execute in the undersigneds name and on the undersigneds behalf, and
submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a Form ID,
including
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain
EDGAR codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings
with
the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
successor laws and regulations;

2.	complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments
thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her discretion determine to be
required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigneds ownership,
acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company;

3.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable in order to complete and execute any such forms
and timely file any such forms with the SEC, any securities exchange or national
association, the Company and such other person or agency as the
attorneys-in-fact shall deem appropriate; and

4.	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-facts discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation.

The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and
regulations.

This Power of Attorney supersedes any power of attorney previously executed by
the undersigned regarding the purposes outlined herein, and the authority of the
attorneys-in-fact named in any such prior powers of attorney is hereby revoked.

The undersigned agrees that each such attorney-in-fact may rely on information
furnished by the undersigned in connection with carrying out any of the rights
or powers herein granted.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed
as of this 28th day January, 2022.

Signature:	/s/ Teresa Gayle Sheppard
Print Name:	Teresa Gayle Sheppard