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NTP Server Setup

So some time back I was asked to set up an NTP (Network Time Protocol) server for a client. The particular environment only has a few servers that can access the internet, which were used primarily for WSUS, and the rest of the environment has internet access blocked. So, in this process I'll walk you through installing Meinberg NTP Software (check them out here) and then configuring the PDC's (Primary Domain Controller) registry to obtain time from the newly installed service. I know, I could just set a GPO to order all of the servers in the network to get time from the NTP server, but my goal in this was to limit traffic to the internet connected servers. What I found out is that by default all Windows systems get their time from the PDC by default and update at the time of login. By changing the PDC's registry this default configuration stays in place, and I don't have to wait for the GPO to update throughout the network... Setup and Instillation Create NTP se...