Embodiments relate to a system that includes a managed application and a workspace manager that are executable by a computing device. The workspace manager obtains a component invocation message from the managed application and determines whether the component invocation message is intended to invoke a public component in a workspace managed by the workspace manger. The workspace manager provides an instruction to the managed application in response to determining whether the component invocation message is intended to invoke the public component in the workspace managed by the workspace manager.