Windows Time Service
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If you are synchronizing time from national NTP servers or servers that derive their time from...
Date: 04/06/2019
We have published a new document which contains more details about our testing and measurement...
Date: 12/16/2016
We’ve posted a short video on Channel9 which provides a high-level discussion of the improvements to...
Date: 10/04/2016
In 2017, governments are requiring stricter time accuracy with regards to UTC for financial...
Date: 09/30/2016
What year is it?...
Date: 09/28/2016
How the time flies. With over 2 years since the last post, it is high time we get this blog moving...
Date: 11/16/2011
It seems there is a bit of ambiguity out there regarding the relationship between w32time and the...
Date: 08/07/2009
In an effort to alleviate confusion around the Windows Time Service group policy settings, here is a...
Date: 02/02/2009
The settings for the Windows Time Service exposed through group policy have long been seen as a bit...
Date: 01/30/2009
Brian Singleton has posted on article on configuring w32time via Group Policy using WMI on the AskDS...
Date: 12/05/2008
For those out there who haven't yet heard, VMWare is experiencing a problem (as of Aug 12) with...
Date: 08/12/2008
(.. .and limited default time sync accuracy in AD Forests with Server2016+ servers...) More than any...
Date: 06/10/2008
Of the many things that w32time does, figuring out which host to sync from is one of the most...
Date: 05/30/2008
Recently, I had a customer ask if they can use w32time as a time source for other computer &...
Date: 04/02/2008
In the last few months of the Windows Server 2008 development, a good friend of mine was discussing...
Date: 02/28/2008
The debug log is a powerful tool in the W32Time bag of tricks when you need to figure out why...
Date: 02/28/2008
One of the most talked about configuration options for W32Time has to be the list of time sources...
Date: 02/26/2008
In the very first post, I tried (for better or worse) to summarize the purpose of the Windows Time...
Date: 10/31/2007
Windows Time Service on a domain (referred to as 'Domain Synchronization' or 'Domain Sync' for...
Date: 09/04/2007
It sounds a bit egotistical, but in fact, it is quite correct. I was recently reading an interesting...
Date: 08/09/2007
Welcome to the Windows Time Service blog. This blog is here to answer some of the questions about...
Date: 07/07/2007