Hi everyone,
My name is Taylor Pechacek, Head of Product for API Collaboration Core at Postman. I just wanted to share a change to workspaces in Postman that aims to simplify how different internal workspace types are used and the permissions of managing user access within those different workspace types.
No action is needed on your part and these changes do not currently affect Enterprise users, but will be coming in the future as we work with you all to roll this out seamlessly.
What’s changing?
We are simplifying how people create, manage, and search different workspaces which will reduce confusion and make it easier to use workspaces. Moving forward:
- ‘Personal’, ‘Team’ and ‘Private’ workspaces will now be called Internal Workspaces.
- This is a UI/UX change. Your data and permissions on existing workspaces remain unchanged.
- Within Internal Workspaces you can control user access management and permissions without having to change workspace types. You simply set the workspace access to ‘anyone in my team’ or ‘only you and invited people’ and share with specific people.
So there are now three workspaces to choose from:
At the time of create, you can select the permission level to lock it down to only yourself and open it up to others later, or invite specific people. The permissions can still be referred and thought of as being ‘personal’ meaning it’s only accessible to you, ‘private’ meaning it’s accessible to you and specified number of people, and ‘team’ meaning it’s accessible to everyone in your team.
Once a workspace is created, you can use the blue ‘Invite’ button in the top header or go into workspace settings to change the workspace access - no need to migrate or move collections around to different workspace types!
What about existing workspaces?
Your current personal, team, or private workspaces will simply be renamed as Internal Workspaces in Postman. Everything else stays the same in the backend. All your data and settings remain unchanged and you can update permissions anytime via settings.
If you go to workspace search, you will see the type and access columns to easily see what access a workspace has. You will also notice the locked icon for workspaces with restricted access.
Do I need to do anything?
No—your data and permissions remain exactly the same. This update is purely a renaming and UI change designed to simplify your experience. We will continue to simplify and streamline access management so that API collaboration can happen where and when you want it to.
Impact on new customers
New users who signup will start with an internal workspace, accessible by anyone in their team, making it much simpler to invite a friend or colleague when you’re ready but doesn’t get in your way if you want to work individually.
Why are we making this change?
- Simplification: Three self-explanatory options based on the type of work you are doing make it easier to choose the right workspace for your needs. Within the workspace, you can easily manage different access & permission settings so the right people are collaborating on the right things. The current model conflates type and access so we are making this more explicit and hopefully easier to manage!
- Reduced Friction: APIs are inherently collaborative. When you do need to share an API with someone, it’s simply a matter of inviting users and managing their access to the workspace.
When will this happen?
This has been rolling out for a couple of weeks, so you may have already seen this change. Everyone, except for enterprise users, should have this by March 21st.
Our rollout plan for customers on our Enterprise plan is on a different timeline. Leave a comment if you want to know more.
Any questions or feedback, please let us know in the comments below. Thanks, as ever, for being a Postman user 
!