diff --git a/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml b/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml
index 9c6c040433b4..80baeb5b4ae0 100644
--- a/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml
+++ b/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml
@@ -273,3 +273,9 @@
 
 # Set the value of this setting to true to enable plugin augmentation on Dashboard
 # vis_augmenter.pluginAugmentationEnabled: true
+
+# Set the value to true enable workspace feature
+# workspace.enabled: false
+# Set the value to false to disable permission check on workspace
+# Permission check depends on OpenSearch Dashboards has authentication enabled, set it to false if no authentication is configured
+# workspace.permission.enabled: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/config.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/config.ts
index 79412f5c02ee..70c87ac00cfc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/config.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/config.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import { schema, TypeOf } from '@osd/config-schema';
 
 export const configSchema = schema.object({
   enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
+  permission: schema.object({
+    enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
+  }),
 });
 
-export type ConfigSchema = TypeOf<typeof configSchema>;
+export type WorkspacePluginConfigType = TypeOf<typeof configSchema>;
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 20b91f949422..f1ede156e5a4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_creator/workspace_creator.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_creator/workspace_creator.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const WorkspaceCreator = () => {
     services: { application, notifications, http, workspaceClient },
   } = useOpenSearchDashboards<{ workspaceClient: WorkspaceClient }>();
 
+  const isPermissionEnabled = application?.capabilities.workspaces.permissionEnabled;
   const handleWorkspaceFormSubmit = useCallback(
     async (data: WorkspaceFormSubmitData) => {
       let result;
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ export const WorkspaceCreator = () => {
               onSubmit={handleWorkspaceFormSubmit}
               opType={WORKSPACE_OP_TYPE_CREATE}
               permissionFirstRowDeletable
+              permissionEnabled={isPermissionEnabled}
             />
           )}
         </EuiPageContent>
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_creator/workspace_form.tsx b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_creator/workspace_form.tsx
index 13618f13120f..0d6438aaf2b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_creator/workspace_form.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_creator/workspace_form.tsx
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ interface WorkspaceFormProps {
   defaultValues?: WorkspaceFormData;
   opType?: string;
   permissionFirstRowDeletable?: boolean;
+  permissionEnabled?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const WorkspaceForm = ({
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ export const WorkspaceForm = ({
   defaultValues,
   opType,
   permissionFirstRowDeletable,
+  permissionEnabled,
 }: WorkspaceFormProps) => {
   const applications = useApplications(application);
   const workspaceNameReadOnly = defaultValues?.reserved;
@@ -500,17 +502,19 @@ export const WorkspaceForm = ({
         </EuiPanel>
       )}
       <EuiSpacer />
-      <EuiPanel>
-        <EuiTitle size="s">
-          <h2>Members & permissions</h2>
-        </EuiTitle>
-        <WorkspacePermissionSettingPanel
-          errors={formErrors.permissions}
-          value={permissionSettings}
-          onChange={setPermissionSettings}
-          firstRowDeletable={permissionFirstRowDeletable}
-        />
-      </EuiPanel>
+      {permissionEnabled && (
+        <EuiPanel>
+          <EuiTitle size="s">
+            <h2>Members & permissions</h2>
+          </EuiTitle>
+          <WorkspacePermissionSettingPanel
+            errors={formErrors.permissions}
+            value={permissionSettings}
+            onChange={setPermissionSettings}
+            firstRowDeletable={permissionFirstRowDeletable}
+          />
+        </EuiPanel>
+      )}
       <EuiSpacer />
       <EuiText textAlign="right">
         {opType === WORKSPACE_OP_TYPE_CREATE && (
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 46dd5f6a6e2b..42240d4536d7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_updater/workspace_updater.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/public/components/workspace_updater/workspace_updater.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export const WorkspaceUpdater = () => {
     services: { application, workspaces, notifications, http, workspaceClient },
   } = useOpenSearchDashboards<{ workspaceClient: WorkspaceClient }>();
 
+  const isPermissionEnabled = application?.capabilities.workspaces.permissionEnabled;
+
   const currentWorkspace = useObservable(workspaces ? workspaces.currentWorkspace$ : of(null));
   const hideDeleteButton = !!currentWorkspace?.reserved; // hide delete button for reserved workspace
   const [deleteWorkspaceModalVisible, setDeleteWorkspaceModalVisible] = useState(false);
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ export const WorkspaceUpdater = () => {
               onSubmit={handleWorkspaceFormSubmit}
               defaultValues={currentWorkspaceFormData}
               opType={WORKSPACE_OP_TYPE_UPDATE}
+              permissionEnabled={isPermissionEnabled}
             />
           )}
         </EuiPageContent>
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/server/integration_tests/routes.test.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/server/integration_tests/routes.test.ts
index a83c908b7d10..8e711cb46c01 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/server/integration_tests/routes.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/server/integration_tests/routes.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ describe('workspace service', () => {
         osd: {
           workspace: {
             enabled: true,
+            permission: {
+              enabled: false,
+            },
           },
         },
       },
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/server/plugin.ts
index 798ea103101f..6a6f26856090 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/server/plugin.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import {
   PluginInitializerContext,
   CoreSetup,
@@ -20,11 +22,12 @@ import {
   SavedObjectsPermissionControlContract,
 } from './permission_control/client';
 import { registerPermissionCheckRoutes } from './permission_control/routes';
-
+import { WorkspacePluginConfigType } from '../config';
 export class WorkspacePlugin implements Plugin<{}, {}> {
   private readonly logger: Logger;
   private client?: IWorkspaceDBImpl;
   private permissionControl?: SavedObjectsPermissionControlContract;
+  private readonly config$: Observable<WorkspacePluginConfigType>;
 
   private proxyWorkspaceTrafficToRealHandler(setupDeps: CoreSetup) {
     /**
@@ -44,31 +47,39 @@ export class WorkspacePlugin implements Plugin<{}, {}> {
   }
 
   constructor(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
-    this.logger = initializerContext.logger.get('plugins', 'workspace');
+    this.logger = initializerContext.logger.get();
+    this.config$ = initializerContext.config.create<WorkspacePluginConfigType>();
   }
 
   public async setup(core: CoreSetup) {
     this.logger.debug('Setting up Workspaces service');
+    const config: WorkspacePluginConfigType = await this.config$.pipe(first()).toPromise();
+    const isPermissionControlEnabled =
+      config.permission.enabled === undefined ? true : config.permission.enabled;
 
     this.client = new WorkspaceClientWithSavedObject(core, this.logger);
 
     await this.client.setup(core);
-    this.permissionControl = new SavedObjectsPermissionControl(this.logger);
 
-    registerPermissionCheckRoutes({
-      http: core.http,
-      permissionControl: this.permissionControl,
-    });
+    this.logger.info('Workspace permission control enabled:' + isPermissionControlEnabled);
+    if (isPermissionControlEnabled) {
+      this.permissionControl = new SavedObjectsPermissionControl(this.logger);
 
-    const workspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper = new WorkspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper(
-      this.permissionControl
-    );
+      registerPermissionCheckRoutes({
+        http: core.http,
+        permissionControl: this.permissionControl,
+      });
 
-    core.savedObjects.addClientWrapper(
-      0,
-      WORKSPACE_SAVED_OBJECTS_CLIENT_WRAPPER_ID,
-      workspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper.wrapperFactory
-    );
+      const workspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper = new WorkspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper(
+        this.permissionControl
+      );
+
+      core.savedObjects.addClientWrapper(
+        0,
+        WORKSPACE_SAVED_OBJECTS_CLIENT_WRAPPER_ID,
+        workspaceSavedObjectsClientWrapper.wrapperFactory
+      );
+    }
 
     this.proxyWorkspaceTrafficToRealHandler(core);
 
@@ -82,7 +93,12 @@ export class WorkspacePlugin implements Plugin<{}, {}> {
       new SavedObjectsClient(repositoryFactory.createInternalRepository())
     );
 
-    core.capabilities.registerProvider(() => ({ workspaces: { enabled: true } }));
+    core.capabilities.registerProvider(() => ({
+      workspaces: {
+        enabled: true,
+        permissionEnabled: isPermissionControlEnabled,
+      },
+    }));
 
     return {
       client: this.client,