---
title: "[AM2.0] - What’s Changed for Asset Managers"
description: Changes in Contentstack Assets AM2.0 for asset managers, including spaces as asset repositories and workspaces for safe iteration.
url: https://www.contentstack.com/docs/assets/whats-changed-for-asset-managers
product: Contentstack Assets
doc_type: overview
audience:
  - asset-managers
  - admins
  - developers
  - users
version: AM2.0
last_updated: 2026-03-25
---

# [AM2.0] - What’s Changed for Asset Managers

This page explains what changed in Contentstack Assets AM2.0 for asset managers and related roles, focusing on how assets are organized and governed using spaces and workspaces. Read this when adopting AM2.0 or planning asset organization, reuse, and iteration workflows across stacks and teams.

## What’s Changed for Asset Managers

Contentstack Assets rethinks how assets are organized, governed, and reused across Contentstack. Instead of being tightly coupled to individual stacks, assets are now managed in a dedicated system designed for scale, reuse, and intelligent discovery.

This shift benefits everyday users, admins, developers, and asset managers in different but meaningful ways.

## Spaces as asset repositories

- Assets are organized into spaces that act as central repositories for brands, teams, or initiatives.
- A single space can serve multiple stacks or act as a global brand asset library.

## Workspaces for safe iteration

- Every space starts with a default (primary) workspace.
- Additional workspaces can be created to experiment with assets without affecting the main set.
- This model works like branching, allowing controlled updates and future merges.

Contentstack Assets treats digital properties as a first-class system, not a side feature of CMS, making assets easier to find, reuse, and govern, while supporting real-world use cases like multi-site reuse, campaigns, and localization; this scales cleanly for growing teams and complex organizations, making it not just an upgrade, but a foundation for managing digital assets at scale.

## Common questions

### What is the main change in AM2.0 for asset organization?

Assets are no longer tightly coupled to individual stacks and are instead managed in a dedicated system designed for scale, reuse, and intelligent discovery.

### What is a space used for?

Spaces act as central repositories for assets for brands, teams, or initiatives, and a single space can serve multiple stacks or act as a global brand asset library.

### Why would I create additional workspaces?

Additional workspaces can be created to experiment with assets without affecting the main set, enabling controlled updates and future merges.

### How do workspaces relate to branching?

The workspace model works like branching, allowing safe iteration and controlled updates before merging changes into the primary workspace.