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new to defender for endpoint
Bepees Hello only your E5 licenses includes the MDE features. MDE Have 2 plans and you can choose one of the plans depending on your needs from the security capabilities that MDE presents.
since you're a SMB Company, I suggest you go with defender with Business suitable for the companies that have 300 users and less.
if your devices are joined to the local domain than you need to install and configure Entra connect and enable hybrid ad join and sync your devices to the cloud. if your device are joined to Entra only than Entra connect is not needed.
the comparison between MDE and MDB as the below link
to install and configure MDB as the below link.
Set up and configure Microsoft Defender for Business | Microsoft Learn
to install and configure Entra connect as the below link
to configure hybrid ad join
Configure Microsoft Entra hybrid join - Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Learn