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Synchronizing Time In a Domain

I have two domain servers (2016) in a virtual environment. I would like to have one server sync to an external time server. I would also like to create a group policy that would force all servers/workstations on the network to sync their time with the primary domain controller. I have read several articles, but through many complicated steps, it doesn't appear to give me what I perceive to be a simple task.

Can anyone advise on the straight forward steps needed to complete this?

Thanks,

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Lee W, MVP

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JJENSEN3

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That doesn't seem to be happening like you describe. I have workstations with different times as well as servers. When I query the time service on my workstation, it claims the source as "Free-Running System Clock"
Attached is what my DC currently returns on query.

Lee W, MVP

Is your DNS set properly? On the workstations and the servers? Rather than trying to re-invent the wheel, I would start troubleshooting. Best place to start is the event logs on both the server and a problematic client. (DNS is the obvious issue, but if that's not it, go to the event logs!)

Lee W, MVP

So when I googled "Free-running system clock" - I got what I cautioned you about - Disable time sync with the hardware. Reference:
https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2016/01/completely-disable-time-synchronization-for-your-vm.html

Lee W, MVP

Once you have fixed the PDC emulator DC, run W32TM /resync /rediscover on your machine.

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JJENSEN3

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Thank you for your advice.
I disabled the Hyper-V integration and then re-ran the w32tm command on my DC.

After I ran command "w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"0.time.windows.com,0x1 1. time.google.com ,0X1" /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update" on my PDC and then restarted the win32 service, all domain computers sync'd time with the PDC.

Thanks for the advice!

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Thanks for the points, but I think they should be split with Lee. He had the correct answer first, but focused on VMWare and not Hyper-V. The original post didn't mention which hypervisor was being used.

JJENSEN3

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The points were shared, with the majority going to Lee.

CompProbSolv

Thank you....