You can of course just install Docker Desktop, but there are situation where you don't want / can't use it.
So its good to know that you actually don't need to and can isntead intall only the docker binaries. The only drawback is that it only allows you to use Windows images with now option to switch to linux based images.
As of docker-cli >= v24.0.2
you can also install via the winget
tool. That makes it significantly easier, but gives you less contoll. So I am leaving the rest up here.