How to set up a Time Server in Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 doesn't seem to have any ability to set up a time server.
w32tm doesn't seem to have an option to do this.
Hopefully without editing the registry?
Thanks!

/config is the switch you should use.

w32tm /config [/computer:<target>] [/update]
    [/manualpeerlist:<peers>] [/syncfromflags:<source>]
    [/LocalClockDispersion:<seconds>]
    [/reliable:(YES|NO)]
    [/largephaseoffset:<milliseconds>]
  computer:<target> - adjusts the configuration of <target>. If not
    specified, the default is the local computer.
  update - notifies the time service that the configuration has
    changed, causing the changes to take effect.
  manualpeerlist:<peers> - sets the manual peer list to <peers>,
    which is a space-delimited list of DNS and/or IP addresses.
    When specifying multiple peers, this switch must be enclosed in
    quotes.
  syncfromflags:<source> - sets what sources the NTP client should
    sync from. <source> should be a comma separated list of
    these keywords (not case sensitive):
      MANUAL - sync from peers in the manual peer list
      DOMHIER - sync from an AD DC in the domain hierarchy
      NO - sync from none
      ALL - sync from both manual and domain peers
  LocalClockDispersion:<seconds> - configures the accuracy of the
    internal clock that w32time will assume when it can't acquire
    time from its configured sources.
  reliable:(YES|NO) - set whether this machine is a reliable time source.
    This setting is only meaningful on domain controllers.
      YES - this machine is a reliable time service
      NO - this machine is not a reliable time service
  largephaseoffset:<milliseconds> - sets the time difference between
    local and network time which w32time will consider a spike.

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Rodney BarnhardtServer AdministratorCommented: 2015-08-20

I have created a micro tutorial on how to do this.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/videos/511/Windows-Server-2012-Configuring-NTP-Servers-for-Time-Synchronization.html

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Toni UranjekConsultant/TrainerCommented: 2015-08-20

/config option?

I am not sure I understand your comment. Are you saying that if you type a ? after "/config" you do not get any results, that is true. You get an error. However, if you type the ? after the "/", then you are able to see the arguments.

Sorry Toni, I did misread my alert. I thought it was an author comment, not an expert comment. It came in a few minutes after I posted the instructions, so I thought it was in response to my post.

NP.

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Casey WeaverManaged Services Windows Engineer IIICommented: 2015-08-20

I asked this not too long ago, and was given the perfect solution here: http://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28704929/Setting-domain-time-on-a-Hyper-V-2012R2-environment.html

Dwight BaerStudentAuthor Commented: 2015-08-20

Awesome. The video tutorial was just what I needed as well.

How to set up a Time Server in Windows Server 2012 R2

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