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Andrew,<br />
Thank you for your reply.<br />
Esxi hosts and PDC emulator should be pointed to same external clock am I correct?
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Andrew,
Thank you for your reply.
Esxi hosts and PDC emulator should be pointed to same external clock am I correct?

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We are setting up a small office with few ESxi hosts in the cluster. The AD domain controllers are going to be VMs.<br />
My understanding is that the the PCs are going to sync the time with DC (PDC emulator). <br />
Will the DCs sync the time with Esxi hosts or do we have to set the DC to sync the time with external server?
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We are setting up a small office with few ESxi hosts in the cluster. The AD domain controllers are going to be VMs.
My understanding is that the the PCs are going to sync the time with DC (PDC emulator). 
Will the DCs sync the time with Esxi hosts or do we have to set the DC to sync the time with external server?

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