In the latest Beta 3 release notes it states: "Admin user credentials are now required to allow Screen Recording in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy." This was not in the release notes in Beta 1 or 2 for Big Sur. Is this an indication that Apple is planning on going through with this change and is now changing the tactic by trying to warn admins in advance instead of providing a viable alternative or going back to macOS 10.15's behavior?

For the admins who are asking to manage this via MDM, if it's like the other privacy areas, that implies you would need to know each and every app that would request screen recording permissions. Unlike like creating a Kernel Extension List, there's no scalable way to know in advance all the apps that will need screen recording. Assuming Apple implemented this via Configuration Profiles, again, this would be a logistical nightmare to support and would also mean having to either: micro-manage Configuration Profiles for specific apps on specific computers or 2. allow that specific app to screen record on all computers which may not necessarily need it or use it. Neither of those are options I'd like to deal with. Yes, I understand the current UX for allowing screen sharing and having to quit apps is less than ideal. But that should be a spearate request that Apple works on improving.

Given the variety of web video conferencing solutions out there, our end users may be using web conferencing software that we do not manage because it's the vendor's preferred choice and that's who setup the meeting. I would personally prefer that we simply get per-user allowance of what can be allowed in Screen Recording. MDM would imply that I would need to know in advance all the screen recording software out there and enable it across our fleet.