Learn how to leverage Istio, a powerful service mesh, for managing network traffic between containerized application components. Explore three practical scenarios using Docker Desktop as Elton Stoneman, Docker Captain and Alumni, demonstrates Istio's capabilities in simplifying application infrastructure. Discover how to implement traffic management, observability, and certificate management in microservices architectures. Follow along with hands-on demonstrations covering deployment, canary releases, and console connections. Gain insights into distributed applications, microservices, and the inner workings of service meshes while learning to centralize network-level concerns such as routing, load-balancing, authorization, and monitoring with Istio.