For example, I have a collection called “Cube With Lights”:

Then in the Add menu, at the bottom, in Collection Instance I can call upon that collection to be instanced.

Then I turn off the original just so I don’t have them duplicated And I have my instance right there with my cube and my lights. I can instance how much ever I want. it uses a lots less resources and if I change the original, the changes propagate. Try it simple like that first to test it out.
