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Configuring NTP server for windows 2008 Domain

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  Im looking for a good way to configure NTP time IN my network to sync the time, I have two domain controllers, windows 2008 and windows 2003, pls advise.

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Quick steps- you may run below on PDC owner and clients.
 
On PDC: command to run on DC that must be a PDC emulator role owner in forest root domain.
 
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.windows.com,0x1 /syncfromflags:manual / reliable:yes /update
 
Now stop and restart the Windows Time service using the following commands:
 
net stop w32time
 
net start w32time
 
if you don’t want to wait for time convergence to occur between your stratum 2 time server (your forest root PDC Emulator) and the external stratum 1 time server, you can run the following command on your PDC Emulator:
 
w32tm /resync /rediscover

Clients:
w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update
 
net stop w32time
 
net start w32time

You may refer: http://abhijitw.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/time-server-configuration-to-sync-pdc-emulator-to-an-external-time-source/