diff --git a/src/core/types/saved_objects.ts b/src/core/types/saved_objects.ts
index b37309338c9e..74890bb624a3 100644
--- a/src/core/types/saved_objects.ts
+++ b/src/core/types/saved_objects.ts
@@ -126,3 +126,5 @@ export interface SavedObjectError {
   statusCode: number;
   metadata?: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
+
+export type SavedObjectPermissions = Permissions;
diff --git a/src/core/types/workspace.ts b/src/core/types/workspace.ts
index ffad76fb48a2..7cdc3f92382b 100644
--- a/src/core/types/workspace.ts
+++ b/src/core/types/workspace.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+import { Permissions } from '../server/saved_objects';
+
 export interface WorkspaceAttribute {
   id: string;
   name: string;
@@ -14,6 +16,10 @@ export interface WorkspaceAttribute {
   defaultVISTheme?: string;
 }
 
-export interface WorkspaceObject extends WorkspaceAttribute {
+export interface WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission extends WorkspaceAttribute {
+  permissions?: Permissions;
+}
+
+export interface WorkspaceObject extends WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission {
   readonly?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_creator/workspace_creator.tsx b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_creator/workspace_creator.tsx
index 2b3511f18b8b..4b3e6e57c486 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_creator/workspace_creator.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_creator/workspace_creator.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { WorkspaceForm, WorkspaceFormSubmitData, WorkspaceOperationType } from '
 import { WORKSPACE_OVERVIEW_APP_ID } from '../../../common/constants';
 import { formatUrlWithWorkspaceId } from '../../../../../core/public/utils';
 import { WorkspaceClient } from '../../workspace_client';
+import { convertPermissionSettingsToPermissions } from '../workspace_form/utils';
 
 export const WorkspaceCreator = () => {
   const {
@@ -22,8 +23,11 @@ export const WorkspaceCreator = () => {
     async (data: WorkspaceFormSubmitData) => {
       let result;
       try {
-        const { permissions, ...attributes } = data;
-        result = await workspaceClient.create(attributes, permissions);
+        const { permissionSettings, ...attributes } = data;
+        result = await workspaceClient.create(
+          attributes,
+          convertPermissionSettingsToPermissions(permissionSettings)
+        );
       } catch (error) {
         notifications?.toasts.addDanger({
           title: i18n.translate('workspace.create.failed', {
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/types.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/types.ts
index 15af85965943..5f81ba3e6daa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/types.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import type { WorkspacePermissionItemType, WorkspaceOperationType } from './constants';
 import type { WorkspacePermissionMode } from '../../../common/constants';
-import type { App, ApplicationStart } from '../../../../../core/public';
+import type { ApplicationStart } from '../../../../../core/public';
 
 export type WorkspacePermissionSetting =
   | { type: WorkspacePermissionItemType.User; userId: string; modes: WorkspacePermissionMode[] }
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export interface WorkspaceFormSubmitData {
   color?: string;
   icon?: string;
   defaultVISTheme?: string;
-  permissions: WorkspacePermissionSetting[];
+  permissionSettings?: WorkspacePermissionSetting[];
 }
 
 export interface WorkspaceFormData extends WorkspaceFormSubmitData {
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/use_workspace_form.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/use_workspace_form.ts
index 7158693aedff..00bee7b3ab37 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/use_workspace_form.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/use_workspace_form.ts
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ export const useWorkspaceForm = ({ application, defaultValues, onSubmit }: Works
   const [permissionSettings, setPermissionSettings] = useState<
     Array<Partial<WorkspacePermissionSetting>>
   >(
-    defaultValues?.permissions && defaultValues.permissions.length > 0
-      ? defaultValues.permissions
+    defaultValues?.permissionSettings && defaultValues.permissionSettings.length > 0
+      ? defaultValues.permissionSettings
       : []
   );
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const useWorkspaceForm = ({ application, defaultValues, onSubmit }: Works
     description,
     features: selectedFeatureIds,
     color,
-    permissions: permissionSettings,
+    permissionSettings,
   });
   const getFormDataRef = useRef(getFormData);
   getFormDataRef.current = getFormData;
@@ -96,12 +96,15 @@ export const useWorkspaceForm = ({ application, defaultValues, onSubmit }: Works
           }),
         };
       }
-      const permissionErrors: string[] = new Array(formData.permissions.length);
-      for (let i = 0; i < formData.permissions.length; i++) {
-        const permission = formData.permissions[i];
+      const permissionErrors: string[] = new Array(formData.permissionSettings.length);
+      for (let i = 0; i < formData.permissionSettings.length; i++) {
+        const permission = formData.permissionSettings[i];
         if (isValidWorkspacePermissionSetting(permission)) {
           if (
-            isUserOrGroupPermissionSettingDuplicated(formData.permissions.slice(0, i), permission)
+            isUserOrGroupPermissionSettingDuplicated(
+              formData.permissionSettings.slice(0, i),
+              permission
+            )
           ) {
             permissionErrors[i] = i18n.translate('workspace.form.permission.invalidate.group', {
               defaultMessage: 'Duplicate permission setting',
@@ -162,8 +165,11 @@ export const useWorkspaceForm = ({ application, defaultValues, onSubmit }: Works
         formData.features = defaultValues?.features ?? [];
       }
 
-      const permissions = formData.permissions.filter(isValidWorkspacePermissionSetting);
-      onSubmit?.({ ...formData, name: formData.name!, permissions });
+      onSubmit?.({
+        ...formData,
+        name: formData.name!,
+        permissionSettings: formData.permissionSettings.filter(isValidWorkspacePermissionSetting),
+      });
     },
     [defaultFeatures, onSubmit, defaultValues?.features]
   );
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/utils.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/utils.ts
index 133a3bc563de..8f06581b7ab0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/utils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/utils.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { WorkspacePermissionMode, DEFAULT_CHECKED_FEATURES_IDS } from '../../../common/constants';
+import type { SavedObjectPermissions } from '../../../../../core/types';
 
 import {
   WorkspaceFeature,
@@ -95,3 +96,78 @@ export const getPermissionModeId = (modes: WorkspacePermissionMode[]) => {
   }
   return PermissionModeId.Read;
 };
+
+export const convertPermissionSettingsToPermissions = (
+  permissionItems: WorkspacePermissionSetting[] | undefined
+) => {
+  if (!permissionItems || permissionItems.length === 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return permissionItems.reduce<SavedObjectPermissions>((previous, current) => {
+    current.modes.forEach((mode) => {
+      if (!previous[mode]) {
+        previous[mode] = {};
+      }
+      switch (current.type) {
+        case 'user':
+          previous[mode].users = [...(previous[mode].users || []), current.userId];
+          break;
+        case 'group':
+          previous[mode].groups = [...(previous[mode].groups || []), current.group];
+          break;
+      }
+    });
+    return previous;
+  }, {});
+};
+
+const isWorkspacePermissionMode = (test: string): test is WorkspacePermissionMode =>
+  test === WorkspacePermissionMode.LibraryRead ||
+  test === WorkspacePermissionMode.LibraryWrite ||
+  test === WorkspacePermissionMode.Read ||
+  test === WorkspacePermissionMode.Write;
+
+export const convertPermissionsToPermissionSettings = (permissions: SavedObjectPermissions) => {
+  const userPermissionSettings: WorkspacePermissionSetting[] = [];
+  const groupPermissionSettings: WorkspacePermissionSetting[] = [];
+  const settingType2Modes: { [key: string]: WorkspacePermissionMode[] } = {};
+
+  Object.keys(permissions).forEach((mode) => {
+    if (!isWorkspacePermissionMode(mode)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (permissions[mode].users) {
+      permissions[mode].users?.forEach((userId) => {
+        const settingTypeKey = `userId-${userId}`;
+        const modes = settingType2Modes[settingTypeKey] ? settingType2Modes[settingTypeKey] : [];
+
+        modes.push(mode);
+        if (modes.length === 1) {
+          userPermissionSettings.push({
+            type: WorkspacePermissionItemType.User,
+            userId,
+            modes,
+          });
+          settingType2Modes[settingTypeKey] = modes;
+        }
+      });
+      permissions[mode].groups?.forEach((group) => {
+        const settingTypeKey = `group-${group}`;
+        const modes = settingType2Modes[settingTypeKey] ? settingType2Modes[settingTypeKey] : [];
+
+        modes.push(mode);
+        if (modes.length === 1) {
+          userPermissionSettings.push({
+            type: WorkspacePermissionItemType.Group,
+            group,
+            modes,
+          });
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  return [...userPermissionSettings, ...groupPermissionSettings].filter(
+    isValidWorkspacePermissionSetting
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/workspace_form.tsx b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/workspace_form.tsx
index ec4f2bfed3e0..b340a71588c9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/workspace_form.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_form/workspace_form.tsx
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export const WorkspaceForm = (props: WorkspaceFormProps) => {
           <WorkspacePermissionSettingPanel
             errors={formErrors.permissions}
             onChange={setPermissionSettings}
-            permissionSettings={formData.permissions}
+            permissionSettings={formData.permissionSettings}
             lastAdminItemDeletable={!!permissionLastAdminItemDeletable}
             data-test-subj={`workspaceForm-permissionSettingPanel`}
           />
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_updater/workspace_updater.tsx b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_updater/workspace_updater.tsx
index dcc750f18be8..1f67f2063d9b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_updater/workspace_updater.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_updater/workspace_updater.tsx
@@ -6,27 +6,30 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { EuiPage, EuiPageBody, EuiPageHeader, EuiPageContent } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
-import { WorkspaceAttribute } from 'opensearch-dashboards/public';
 import { useObservable } from 'react-use';
 import { of } from 'rxjs';
 import { useOpenSearchDashboards } from '../../../../opensearch_dashboards_react/public';
 import { WorkspaceForm, WorkspaceFormSubmitData, WorkspaceOperationType } from '../workspace_form';
 import { WORKSPACE_OVERVIEW_APP_ID } from '../../../common/constants';
 import { formatUrlWithWorkspaceId } from '../../../../../core/public/utils';
+import { WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission } from '../../../../../core/types';
 import { WorkspaceClient } from '../../workspace_client';
-import { WorkspaceFormData, WorkspacePermissionSetting } from '../workspace_form/types';
-
-interface WorkspaceWithPermission extends WorkspaceAttribute {
-  permissions?: WorkspacePermissionSetting[];
-}
+import {
+  convertPermissionSettingsToPermissions,
+  convertPermissionsToPermissionSettings,
+} from '../workspace_form/utils';
 
 function getFormDataFromWorkspace(
-  currentWorkspace: WorkspaceAttribute | null | undefined
-): WorkspaceFormData {
-  const currentWorkspaceWithPermission = (currentWorkspace || {}) as WorkspaceWithPermission;
+  currentWorkspace: WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission | null | undefined
+) {
+  if (!currentWorkspace) {
+    return null;
+  }
   return {
-    ...currentWorkspaceWithPermission,
-    permissions: currentWorkspaceWithPermission.permissions || [],
+    ...currentWorkspace,
+    permissionSettings: currentWorkspace.permissions
+      ? convertPermissionsToPermissionSettings(currentWorkspace.permissions)
+      : currentWorkspace.permissions,
   };
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ export const WorkspaceUpdater = () => {
   const isPermissionEnabled = application?.capabilities.workspaces.permissionEnabled;
 
   const currentWorkspace = useObservable(workspaces ? workspaces.currentWorkspace$ : of(null));
-  const [currentWorkspaceFormData, setCurrentWorkspaceFormData] = useState<WorkspaceFormData>(
+  const [currentWorkspaceFormData, setCurrentWorkspaceFormData] = useState(
     getFormDataFromWorkspace(currentWorkspace)
   );
 
@@ -59,8 +62,12 @@ export const WorkspaceUpdater = () => {
       }
 
       try {
-        const { permissions, ...attributes } = data;
-        result = await workspaceClient.update(currentWorkspace.id, attributes, permissions);
+        const { permissionSettings, ...attributes } = data;
+        result = await workspaceClient.update(
+          currentWorkspace.id,
+          attributes,
+          convertPermissionSettingsToPermissions(permissionSettings)
+        );
       } catch (error) {
         notifications?.toasts.addDanger({
           title: i18n.translate('workspace.update.failed', {
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ export const WorkspaceUpdater = () => {
     [notifications?.toasts, currentWorkspace, http, application, workspaceClient]
   );
 
-  if (!currentWorkspaceFormData.name) {
+  if (!currentWorkspaceFormData) {
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/workspace_client.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/public/workspace_client.ts
index 31a08b6ae9c2..76bbb618b506 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/workspace_client.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/workspace_client.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   WorkspaceAttribute,
   WorkspacesSetup,
 } from '../../../core/public';
-import { WorkspacePermissionMode } from '../common/constants';
+import { SavedObjectPermissions, WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission } from '../../../core/types';
 
 const WORKSPACES_API_BASE_URL = '/api/workspaces';
 
@@ -31,15 +31,6 @@ type IResponse<T> =
       error?: string;
     };
 
-type WorkspacePermissionItem = {
-  modes: Array<
-    | WorkspacePermissionMode.LibraryRead
-    | WorkspacePermissionMode.LibraryWrite
-    | WorkspacePermissionMode.Read
-    | WorkspacePermissionMode.Write
-  >;
-} & ({ type: 'user'; userId: string } | { type: 'group'; group: string });
-
 interface WorkspaceFindOptions {
   page?: number;
   perPage?: number;
@@ -195,7 +186,7 @@ export class WorkspaceClient {
    */
   public async create(
     attributes: Omit<WorkspaceAttribute, 'id'>,
-    permissions?: WorkspacePermissionItem[]
+    permissions?: SavedObjectPermissions
   ): Promise<IResponse<Pick<WorkspaceAttribute, 'id'>>> {
     const path = this.getPath();
 
@@ -246,7 +237,7 @@ export class WorkspaceClient {
     options?: WorkspaceFindOptions
   ): Promise<
     IResponse<{
-      workspaces: WorkspaceAttribute[];
+      workspaces: WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission[];
       total: number;
       per_page: number;
       page: number;
@@ -263,9 +254,9 @@ export class WorkspaceClient {
    * Fetches a single workspace by a workspace id
    *
    * @param {string} id
-   * @returns {Promise<IResponse<WorkspaceAttribute>>} The metadata of the workspace for the given id.
+   * @returns {Promise<IResponse<WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission>>} The metadata of the workspace for the given id.
    */
-  public get(id: string): Promise<IResponse<WorkspaceAttribute>> {
+  public get(id: string): Promise<IResponse<WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission>> {
     const path = this.getPath(id);
     return this.safeFetch(path, {
       method: 'GET',
@@ -277,13 +268,13 @@ export class WorkspaceClient {
    *
    * @param {string} id
    * @param {object} attributes
-   * @param {WorkspacePermissionItem[]} permissions
+   * @param {WorkspacePermissionItem[]} permissionItems
    * @returns {Promise<IResponse<boolean>>} result for this operation
    */
   public async update(
     id: string,
     attributes: Partial<WorkspaceAttribute>,
-    permissions?: WorkspacePermissionItem[]
+    permissions?: SavedObjectPermissions
   ): Promise<IResponse<boolean>> {
     const path = this.getPath(id);
     const body = {
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/server/routes/index.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/server/routes/index.ts
index d48a257bf6dc..701eb8888130 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/server/routes/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/server/routes/index.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 
 import { schema } from '@osd/config-schema';
 import { CoreSetup, Logger, PrincipalType, ACL } from '../../../../core/server';
+import { WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission } from '../../../../core/types';
 import { WorkspacePermissionMode } from '../../common/constants';
-import { IWorkspaceClientImpl, WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission } from '../types';
+import { IWorkspaceClientImpl } from '../types';
 import { SavedObjectsPermissionControlContract } from '../permission_control/client';
 
 const WORKSPACES_API_BASE_URL = '/api/workspaces';
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/server/types.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/server/types.ts
index 2973ea4dbc31..b506bb493a4c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/server/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/server/types.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,8 @@ import {
   CoreSetup,
   WorkspaceAttribute,
   SavedObjectsServiceStart,
-  Permissions,
 } from '../../../core/server';
-
-export interface WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission extends WorkspaceAttribute {
-  permissions?: Permissions;
-}
+import { WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission } from '../../../core/types';
 
 export interface WorkspaceFindOptions {
   page?: number;
@@ -72,7 +68,7 @@ export interface IWorkspaceClientImpl {
   ): Promise<
     IResponse<
       {
-        workspaces: WorkspaceAttribute[];
+        workspaces: WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission[];
       } & Pick<SavedObjectsFindResponse, 'page' | 'per_page' | 'total'>
     >
   >;
@@ -80,10 +76,13 @@ export interface IWorkspaceClientImpl {
    * Get the detail of a given workspace id
    * @param requestDetail {@link IRequestDetail}
    * @param id workspace id
-   * @returns a Promise with the detail of {@link WorkspaceAttribute}
+   * @returns a Promise with the detail of {@link WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission}
    * @public
    */
-  get(requestDetail: IRequestDetail, id: string): Promise<IResponse<WorkspaceAttribute>>;
+  get(
+    requestDetail: IRequestDetail,
+    id: string
+  ): Promise<IResponse<WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission>>;
   /**
    * Update the detail of a given workspace
    * @param requestDetail {@link IRequestDetail}
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/server/workspace_client.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/server/workspace_client.ts
index 7bdb9f2bcad9..f9da4130921b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/server/workspace_client.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/server/workspace_client.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,8 @@ import {
   WORKSPACE_TYPE,
   Logger,
 } from '../../../core/server';
-import {
-  IWorkspaceClientImpl,
-  WorkspaceFindOptions,
-  IResponse,
-  IRequestDetail,
-  WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission,
-} from './types';
+import { WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission } from '../../../core/types';
+import { IWorkspaceClientImpl, WorkspaceFindOptions, IResponse, IRequestDetail } from './types';
 import { workspace } from './saved_objects';
 import { generateRandomId } from './utils';
 import { WORKSPACE_SAVED_OBJECTS_CLIENT_WRAPPER_ID } from '../common/constants';
@@ -67,10 +62,11 @@ export class WorkspaceClient implements IWorkspaceClientImpl {
   }
   private getFlattenedResultWithSavedObject(
     savedObject: SavedObject<WorkspaceAttribute>
-  ): WorkspaceAttribute {
+  ): WorkspaceAttributeWithPermission {
     return {
       ...savedObject.attributes,
       id: savedObject.id,
+      permissions: savedObject.permissions,
     };
   }
   private formatError(error: Error | any): string {
@@ -217,7 +213,7 @@ export class WorkspaceClient implements IWorkspaceClientImpl {
   public async get(
     requestDetail: IRequestDetail,
     id: string
-  ): Promise<IResponse<WorkspaceAttribute>> {
+  ): ReturnType<IWorkspaceClientImpl['get']> {
     try {
       const result = await this.getSavedObjectClientsFromRequestDetail(requestDetail).get<
         WorkspaceAttribute