RE: Time synchronization

From: Jonathan Lotman [MSFT] (a-jonlot_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:24:21 GMT

There should be no difference so long as the domain members are Windows
2000 or later, the time synchronization on the clients is unchanged.

Thank you,
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Jonathan Lotman
Microsoft Online Support Engineer

Microsoft Corporation
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| Subject: RE: Time synchronization
| Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:43:15 -0700
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| Is there any difference if you have only Windows 2000
| Professional clients, rather than XP clients?
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >To synchronize your SBS server with an external NTP
| server, you will need
| >to verify that the w32time service is running, and that
| it is pointed to
| >your preferred NTP server. To see what NTP server your
| system is
| >configured for, run "net time /querysntp" from a command
| prompt. If you
| >want to change the server, run "net time /setsntp:<SNTP
| server IP>". As
| >for the clients, if their w32time service is running and
| they are joined to
| >a domain, they will automatically look to the forest
| root for a time server
| >
| >Thank you,
| >--------------------------
| >Jonathan Lotman
| >Microsoft Online Support Engineer
| >
| >Microsoft Corporation
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| >| I've read a lot of the Windows Time Services
| >| documentation from Microsoft, but I'm still not sure
| what
| >| the right process is to sync time in a SBS 2003
| >| environment. We have a single domain with a single
| SBS
| >| 2003 server, with 6 clients (all XP Professional). How
| do
| >| we:
| >|
| >| 1) Keep the server automatically sync'd with an
| external
| >| trusted time server?
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| >| 2) Keep the clients automatically time sync'd with the
| >| server?
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| >| Thank
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