Merge pull request #5594 from MicrosoftDocs/main

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 ---
 title: Smart App Control
-description: Overview of Smart App Control
-ms.topic: article
-ms.date: 09/20/2022
+description: Overview of Smart App Control, a Windows feature that protects users from untrusted or potentially dangerous code.
+ms.topic: concept-article
+ms.date: 07/15/2025
+# customer intent: As a Windows developer, I want to understand how Smart App Control works so that I can ensure my apps are compatible and secure.
 ---
 
-# Smart App Control
+# Smart App Control overview
 
-Smart App Control is a new app execution control feature that combines Microsoft’s app intelligence services and Windows' code integrity features to protect users from untrusted or potentially dangerous code. Smart App Control selectively allows apps and binaries to run only if they're likely to be safe. Microsoft's app intelligence services provide safety predictions for many popular apps. If the app intelligence service is unable to make a prediction, then Smart App Control will still allow an app to run if it is signed with a certificate issued by a certificate authority (CA) within the Trusted Root Program.
+Smart App Control is an app execution control feature that combines Microsoft’s app intelligence services and Windows' code integrity features to protect users from untrusted or potentially dangerous code. Smart App Control selectively allows apps and binaries to run only if they're likely to be safe. Microsoft's app intelligence services provide safety predictions for many popular apps. If the app intelligence service is unable to make a prediction, then Smart App Control will still allow an app to run if it is signed with a certificate issued by a certificate authority (CA) within the Trusted Root Program.
 
 Malware, Potentially Unwanted Apps (PUA), and unknown, unsigned code are blocked by default.
 
 ## Smart App Control requirements
 
-Smart App Control is designed to protect a device for its entire lifetime. As such, it can only be enabled on a clean install of a version of Windows that contains the Smart App Control feature. Additionally, Smart App Control is only enabled in certain regions. We hope to roll out additional regions soon.
+Smart App Control is designed to protect a device for its entire lifetime. As such, it can only be enabled on a clean install of a version of Windows that contains the Smart App Control feature. Additionally, Smart App Control is only enabled in certain regions. This feature is expected to roll out to additional regions soon.
 
 - Windows 11, version 22572 or higher,
 - A clean Windows install,
-   > [!NOTE]
-   > [Resetting your device](/windows-hardware/service/desktop/resetting-the-pc) counts as a clean Windows install.
+
+  > [!NOTE]
+  > [Resetting your device](/windows-hardware/service/desktop/resetting-the-pc) counts as a clean Windows install.
+
 - North America or Europe
 
 ## Smart App Control stages
 
-Smart App Control can be running in either *evaluation mode* or *enforcement mode*.
+Smart App Control can either run in *evaluation mode* or *enforcement mode*.
 
-In *evaluation mode*, Smart App Control runs in the background, observing activity on the device. During this time, Smart App Control is evaluating whether the device is a good fit for the protection it offers based the variety of apps installed and used on the device.
+In *evaluation mode*, Smart App Control runs in the background, observing activity on the device. During this time, Smart App Control is evaluating whether the device is a good fit for the protection it offers based on the variety of apps installed and used on the device.
 
-In *enforcement mode*, Smart App Control is actively protecting your device. Apps cannot be run unless they are recognized by Microsoft's app intelligence services, or signed with a trusted certificate.
+In *enforcement mode*, Smart App Control is actively protecting your device. Apps cannot be run unless they are recognized by Microsoft's app intelligence services, or they are signed with a trusted certificate.
 
 ## Frequently Asked Questions
 
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 Note that some older Microsoft binaries are considered unsafe because attackers can potentially use them to gain unauthorized access. For a complete list of these files, please see [Application Control for Windows](/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-application-control/windows-defender-application-control#smart-app-control-enforced-blocks).
 
-## Further information
+## Related content
 
 - [What is Smart App Control?](https://support.microsoft.com/topic/what-is-smart-app-control-285ea03d-fa88-4d56-882e-6698afdb7003)