

The Allow Standard Users To Approve Screen Sharing & Recording Policy allows admins to select the applications that end users with standard permissions may approve for screen recording, so they don’t encounter any issues during their next team meeting or presentation. Powered by the JumpCloud agent on the backend, JumpCloud’s exclusive new policy was built to assist administrators managing user devices with standard account permissions on MDM-enrolled devices. Screen Sharing & Recording Policy Details JumpCloud’s proprietary agent, which offers robust device identity management functionality on managed devices, is what gives admins the ability to grant or remove administrator privileges for local accounts. The good news for admins: JumpCloud’s MDM solution has a first-of-its-kind configuration (policy) admins can use to make sure end users don’t miss a beat in sharing and recording their screens. Without the default ability to share and record these meetings, employees are going to hit a major roadblock to their productivity - and IT admins are going to be hit with a deluge of help tickets when end users can’t properly use some of their most-used work tools. Today organizations of every size rely daily on Zoom video calls, Google Meets, Cisco WebEx, Microsoft Skype, and other frequently used applications to communicate at work.

With remote work now a norm in 2020 and beyond, this macOS Big Sur limitation will pose a challenge for administrators who typically only grant standard user permissions to their end users. By default in Big Sur, only end users with administrative permissions are allowed to share their screens. MacOS ® Big Sur introduces changes for Mac ® administrators, and among them are new restrictions on granting screen sharing permissions.
