External Monitor

I have a Macbook Pro, purchased around 2015 & updated to Monterey 12.3.1. I would like to connect to an external monitor and have not been able to through usb or hdmi ports. I tried troubleshooting and noticed my software does not show all of the options similar to what I've seen online in System Preferences > Displays & Battery, for example.

Any information would be helpful, thank you.