
The post Configure NTP Time Sync using Group Policy appeared first on TheITBros.The second way is to edit the registry inside the guest virtual machine with ADDS role.
#Set pdc to ntp pool update
Update group policy settings on the clients and check received time synchronization settings as described above.
#Set pdc to ntp pool windows
In the GPO Editor go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Windows Time Service -> Time Providers and enable policy Configure Windows NTP Client.Īs an NTP server specify the name or IP address of the PDC: ,0x9 To do this, create a new GPO and assign it to the OU with computers. Typically, this behavior does not need to be reconfigured, however, if there are problems with time sync on domain clients, you can try to specify time server directly on clients using GPO. Net stop w32tim Configure Client Time Sync Settingsīy default in Active Directory domain environment clients synchronize their time with domain controllers (option Nt5DS - synchronize time to domain hierarchy). If something does not work, try restarting the Windows Time service and clear its configuration net stop w32time Manually start time synchronization: w32tm /resyncĪnd check the current NTP settings: w32tm /query /status It remains to update the policy on PDC: gpupdate /force You can locate current PDC server using command: netdom query fsmo

Do not forget to configure firewall properly and allow PDC access to external NTP servers over NTP protocol (UDP port 123).Īssign a WMI filter Filter PDC Emulator that you created earlier to the GPO.

Specify following settings in Configure Windows NTP Client policy: Configure Windows NTP Client: Enabled (policy settings are described below).We are interested in the following policies: Go to following section of Group Policy Editor Console: Computer Configuration->Administrative Templates->System->Windows Time Service->Time Providers Select created GPO and switch to the Edit mode. To do this, using Group Policy Management Console (GPMC.msc) select WMI Filters section and create new WMI filter with name Filter PDC Emulator and query Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem where DomainRole = 5.Ĭreate new GPO and link it to the OU named Domain Controllers. PDC Emulator role can be moved between domain controllers, so we need to make sure that GPO applied only to the current holder of Primary Domain Controller role.

