# Unpublished Apps Review Process Flow & Security Limitations Queries

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/unpublished-apps-review-process-flow-security-limitations-queries/109676>\
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**Created:** [May 10, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/unpublished-apps-review-process-flow-security-limitations-queries/109676 "2024-05-10T13:53:25Z")\
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Hi @kisappdev ,

> [@kisappdev](#):
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> **Scenario 1** : I have Meeting SDK to join a zoom meeting using a user ZAK token. the zoom meeting was created by the another user within the same tenant or organization.

This is the guidance to have a Meeting SDK operate as a meeting bot to join a meeting: [Meeting Bots Accessing Media Streams](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/zoom-apps/guides/meeting-bots-sdk-media-streams/)

> [@kisappdev](#):
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> **Scenario 2 :** I saw the above shared url ([Publishing apps](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/distribute/)) but it was meant for Published Apps. But, I didn’t require the app to be published just want to add it to myself.

Please click that link again and you will see information about published vs. private (unpublished) apps to answer your questions.

Legacy apps were just the old UI and for app types. They were segmented into Meeting SDK, Chat App, OAuth 2.0, Server-to-Server, Webhook. Now, under unified build flow, you can enable these as different features under ONE APP containing the same credentials.

> [@Unified Build Flow walkthrough](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/unified-build-flow-walkthrough/102141):
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> We recently released a new version of the build flow in December and have been getting questions from the developer community about the benefits of using this new feature. The Unified Build Flow decreases the number of apps that you have to build to get functionality across Zoom products. Before, a developer would have to build a separate Zoom App, a webhook app, and a Meeting SDK app to complete the functionality of their product. With the new build flow now you can create ONE app and toggle w…

> **[Zoom App Creation Build Flow](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/build-flow/)**
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> The Zoom Developer Platform is an open platform that allows third-party developers to build applications and integrations upon Zoom’s video-first unified communications platform.

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