diff --git a/test/new-e2e/tests/process/config/helm-template.tmpl b/test/new-e2e/tests/process/config/helm-template.tmpl
index e87acb1235a3f..e8962cfd5cdca 100644
--- a/test/new-e2e/tests/process/config/helm-template.tmpl
+++ b/test/new-e2e/tests/process/config/helm-template.tmpl
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 datadog:
   processAgent:
-    enabled: {{.ProcessAgentEnabled}}
     processCollection: {{.ProcessCollection}}
     processDiscovery: {{.ProcessDiscoveryCollection}}
     containerCollection: {{.ContainerCollection}}
     runInCoreAgent: {{.RunInCoreAgent}}
   networkMonitoring:
-    enabled: false
+    enabled: {{.NetworkPerformanceMonitoring}}
diff --git a/test/new-e2e/tests/process/k8s_test.go b/test/new-e2e/tests/process/k8s_test.go
index 63a15177478bf..7a2059ffa1996 100644
--- a/test/new-e2e/tests/process/k8s_test.go
+++ b/test/new-e2e/tests/process/k8s_test.go
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ import (
 var helmTemplate string
 
 type helmConfig struct {
-	ProcessAgentEnabled        bool
-	ProcessCollection          bool
-	ProcessDiscoveryCollection bool
-	ContainerCollection        bool
-	RunInCoreAgent             bool
+	ProcessCollection            bool
+	ProcessDiscoveryCollection   bool
+	ContainerCollection          bool
+	RunInCoreAgent               bool
+	NetworkPerformanceMonitoring bool
 }
 
 func createHelmValues(cfg helmConfig) (string, error) {
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ type K8sSuite struct {
 func TestK8sTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	helmValues, err := createHelmValues(helmConfig{
-		ProcessAgentEnabled: true,
-		ProcessCollection:   true,
+		ProcessCollection: true,
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -105,8 +104,65 @@ func (s *K8sSuite) TestProcessCheck() {
 	assertContainersCollected(t, payloads, []string{"stress-ng"})
 }
 
+func (s *K8sSuite) TestManualProcessCheck() {
+	checkOutput := execProcessAgentCheck(s.T(), s.Env().KubernetesCluster, "process")
+	assertManualProcessCheck(s.T(), checkOutput, false, "stress-ng-cpu [run]", "stress-ng")
+}
+
+func (s *K8sSuite) TestManualProcessDiscoveryCheck() {
+	checkOutput := execProcessAgentCheck(s.T(), s.Env().KubernetesCluster, "process_discovery")
+	assertManualProcessDiscoveryCheck(s.T(), checkOutput, "stress-ng-cpu [run]")
+}
+
+func (s *K8sSuite) TestManualContainerCheck() {
+	checkOutput := execProcessAgentCheck(s.T(), s.Env().KubernetesCluster, "container")
+	assertManualContainerCheck(s.T(), checkOutput, "stress-ng")
+}
+
+func (s *K8sSuite) TestProcessDiscoveryCheck() {
+	t := s.T()
+	helmValues, err := createHelmValues(helmConfig{
+		ProcessDiscoveryCollection: true,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	s.UpdateEnv(awskubernetes.KindProvisioner(
+		awskubernetes.WithWorkloadApp(func(e config.Env, kubeProvider *kubernetes.Provider) (*kubeComp.Workload, error) {
+			return cpustress.K8sAppDefinition(e, kubeProvider, "workload-stress")
+		}),
+		awskubernetes.WithAgentOptions(kubernetesagentparams.WithHelmValues(helmValues)),
+	))
+
+	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(*assert.CollectT) {
+		status := k8sAgentStatus(t, s.Env().KubernetesCluster)
+		assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"process_discovery"}, status.ProcessAgentStatus.Expvars.Map.EnabledChecks)
+	}, 2*time.Minute, 5*time.Second)
+
+	var payloads []*aggregator.ProcessDiscoveryPayload
+	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		var err error
+		payloads, err = s.Env().FakeIntake.Client().GetProcessDiscoveries()
+		assert.NoError(c, err, "failed to get process discovery payloads from fakeintake")
+		assert.NotEmpty(c, payloads, "no process discovery payloads returned")
+	}, 2*time.Minute, 10*time.Second)
+
+	assertProcessDiscoveryCollected(t, payloads, "stress-ng-cpu [run]")
+}
+
 func (s *K8sSuite) TestProcessCheckInCoreAgent() {
 	t := s.T()
+	helmValues, err := createHelmValues(helmConfig{
+		ProcessCollection: true,
+		RunInCoreAgent:    true,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	s.UpdateEnv(awskubernetes.KindProvisioner(
+		awskubernetes.WithWorkloadApp(func(e config.Env, kubeProvider *kubernetes.Provider) (*kubeComp.Workload, error) {
+			return cpustress.K8sAppDefinition(e, kubeProvider, "workload-stress")
+		}),
+		awskubernetes.WithAgentOptions(kubernetesagentparams.WithHelmValues(helmValues)),
+	))
 
 	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(*assert.CollectT) {
 		status := k8sAgentStatus(t, s.Env().KubernetesCluster)
@@ -128,11 +184,12 @@ func (s *K8sSuite) TestProcessCheckInCoreAgent() {
 	assertContainersNotCollected(t, payloads, []string{"process-agent"})
 }
 
-func (s *K8sSuite) TestProcessDiscoveryCheck() {
+func (s *K8sSuite) TestProcessCheckInCoreAgentWithNPM() {
 	t := s.T()
 	helmValues, err := createHelmValues(helmConfig{
-		ProcessAgentEnabled:        true,
-		ProcessDiscoveryCollection: true,
+		ProcessCollection:            true,
+		RunInCoreAgent:               true,
+		NetworkPerformanceMonitoring: true,
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -145,33 +202,21 @@ func (s *K8sSuite) TestProcessDiscoveryCheck() {
 
 	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(*assert.CollectT) {
 		status := k8sAgentStatus(t, s.Env().KubernetesCluster)
-		assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"process_discovery"}, status.ProcessAgentStatus.Expvars.Map.EnabledChecks)
+		assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"process", "rtprocess"}, status.ProcessComponentStatus.Expvars.Map.EnabledChecks)
 	}, 2*time.Minute, 5*time.Second)
 
-	var payloads []*aggregator.ProcessDiscoveryPayload
+	var payloads []*aggregator.ProcessPayload
 	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
 		var err error
-		payloads, err = s.Env().FakeIntake.Client().GetProcessDiscoveries()
-		assert.NoError(c, err, "failed to get process discovery payloads from fakeintake")
-		assert.NotEmpty(c, payloads, "no process discovery payloads returned")
-	}, 2*time.Minute, 10*time.Second)
-
-	assertProcessDiscoveryCollected(t, payloads, "stress-ng-cpu [run]")
-}
-
-func (s *K8sSuite) TestManualProcessCheck() {
-	checkOutput := execProcessAgentCheck(s.T(), s.Env().KubernetesCluster, "process")
-	assertManualProcessCheck(s.T(), checkOutput, false, "stress-ng-cpu [run]", "stress-ng")
-}
+		payloads, err = s.Env().FakeIntake.Client().GetProcesses()
+		assert.NoError(c, err, "failed to get process payloads from fakeintake")
 
-func (s *K8sSuite) TestManualProcessDiscoveryCheck() {
-	checkOutput := execProcessAgentCheck(s.T(), s.Env().KubernetesCluster, "process_discovery")
-	assertManualProcessDiscoveryCheck(s.T(), checkOutput, "stress-ng-cpu [run]")
-}
+		// Wait for two payloads, as processes must be detected in two check runs to be returned
+		assert.GreaterOrEqual(c, len(payloads), 2, "fewer than 2 payloads returned")
+	}, 2*time.Minute, 10*time.Second)
 
-func (s *K8sSuite) TestManualContainerCheck() {
-	checkOutput := execProcessAgentCheck(s.T(), s.Env().KubernetesCluster, "container")
-	assertManualContainerCheck(s.T(), checkOutput, "stress-ng")
+	assertProcessCollected(t, payloads, false, "stress-ng-cpu [run]")
+	assertContainersCollected(t, payloads, []string{"stress-ng", "process-agent"})
 }
 
 func execProcessAgentCheck(t *testing.T, cluster *components.KubernetesCluster, check string) string {