No you are not missing anything. I downloaded the Logitech link app. It’s the same one released for MSFS 2020 that you only had to run once and then the Logitech switch panels worked fine. However, for MSFS 2024 they don’t work. I know some people say this link solves the issue, but that’s not true in my case and I have read dozens of other veterans of MSFS report the same negative experience.
Also, the entire menu options for the controllers if just the worst interface I have seen in any flight sim game. I’m not a newbie to this stuff. I’ve played every MSFS title ever released (yep, I’m that old). And this is the first time I feel like I really cannot even play the game after a week of working with it.
I’m really bitterly disappointed in Asobo Studios and Microsoft. This title simply was not ready for public release.