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title: Prepare your internal workspace for team collaboration
approved: 2025-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
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You can use an internal workspace to draft and organize your work, and [collaborate with your team](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/collaborate-in-postman-overview/). To prepare your internal workspace, you'll fork [your public collections](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/public-collections/) from [your public workspace](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/public-workspace/) to your internal workspace.
When your public API's next iteration is ready to publish, you can [create a pull request](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/publish/maintain-public-apis/#create-a-pull-request-to-merge-to-your-public-collection) and [merge your changes](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/publish/maintain-public-apis/#review-approve-and-merge-the-pull-request-to-your-public-collection) to [your public workspace](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/prepare/public-workspace/). This makes your latest changes available to your API consumers on the Postman API Network.
If you prefer to use one workspace to manage your public APIs, you can skip the following sections and [publish your public APIs to the Postman API Network](/docs/postman-api-network/showcase/publish/public-apis/).
## Create your internal workspace
Depending on your team's workflow, you can create a private or team workspace. If you want to limit access to invited team members, create a private workspace. If you want to invite everyone from your team, create a team workspace.
To create your internal workspace, do the following:
1. In the Postman header, open the workspace switcher. Then, click **Create**.
2. If you want to use a [workspace template](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-workspaces/create-workspaces/#apply-a-template-to-a-workspace), choose one.
3. Click **Next**.
4. Name your workspace.
5. If you're part of an organization, choose a team.
6. Click 
**Internal**. Then, choose whether to share access with everyone in your team or only you and invited people.
7. Click **Create**.
To learn more, see [Create a workspace in Postman](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-workspaces/create-workspaces/).
## Invite team members to your workspace
To invite team members to your workspace, do the following:
1. Open your workspace.
2. In the Postman header, click **Invite**.
3. Use the available options, such as email, to invite your team members.
4. Choose a role for your team members.
5. Click **Invite**.
You can continue to invite team members as your workspace, its collections, and your public APIs evolve.
To learn more, see [Share workspace](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-workspaces/internal-workspaces/manage-workspaces/#share-workspaces).
## Edit your workspace details
To edit your workspace details, do the following:
1. Open your workspace.
2. In the left sidebar, click 
**Options** > **Workspace overview**.
3. Add a summary and description.
You can continue to edit your workspace details as your workspace, its collections, and your public APIs evolve.
To learn more, see [Edit workspace details](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-workspaces/internal-workspaces/manage-workspaces/#edit-workspace-details).
## Fork your public collections from your public workspace
To fork your public collections from your public workspace, do the following:
1. Open your public workspace and the collection you want to fork.
2. Next to your collection, click **View more actions**. Then, click **Fork**.
3. Choose your team workspace. Then, click **Fork Collection**.
4. Repeat these steps for each of your public collections.
Your team workspace is ready to serve as your public API's source of truth.
To learn more, see [Create a fork](/docs/collaborating-in-postman/using-version-control/forking-elements/#create-a-fork).