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**Applies to:** :heavy_check_mark: Windows Virtual Machines
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Use this guide to learn how to setup time synchronization for your Azure Windows Virtual Machines that belong to an Active Directory Domain.
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Use this guide to learn how to set up time synchronization for your Azure Windows Virtual Machines that belong to an Active Directory Domain.
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## Time sync hierarchy in Active Directory Domain Services
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If you have an Active Directory domain running on virtual machines hosted in Azure, follow these steps to properly set up Time Sync.
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>This guide focuses on usign the **Group Policy Management** console to perform the configuration. You can achieve the same results by using the Command Prompt, PowerShell, or by manually modifying the Registry; however those methods are not in scope in this article.
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>This guide focuses on using the **Group Policy Management** console to perform the configuration. You can achieve the same results by using the Command Prompt, PowerShell, or by manually modifying the Registry; however, those methods are not in scope in this article.
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## GPO to allow the PDC to synchronize with an External NTP Source
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8. Double click the *Configure Windows NTP Client* policy and set it to *Enabled*, configure the parameter *NTPServer* to point to an IP address or FQDN of a time server followed by `,0x9` for example: `131.107.13.100,0x9` and configure *Type* to **NTP**. For all the other parameters you can use the default values, or use custom ones according to your corporate needs.
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9. Click the *Next Setting* button, set the *Enable Windows NTP Client* policy to *Enabled* and click *OK*
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10. In the *Scope* tab of the newly created GPO navigate to **Security Filtering** and highlight the *Authenticated Users* group -> Click the *Remove* button -> *OK* -> *OK*
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11. Create a WMI Filter to dinamycally get the Domain Controller that holds the PDC role:
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11. Create a WMI Filter to dynamically get the Domain Controller that holds the PDC role:
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- In the *Group Policy Management* console, navigate to *WMI Filters*, right-click on it and select *New*.
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- In the *New WMI Filter* window, give a name to the new filter, for example, *Get PDC Emulator* -> Fill out the *Description* field (optional) -> Click the *Add* button.
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- In the *WMI Query* window leave the *Namespace* as is, in the *Query* text box paste the following string `Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem where DomainRole = 5`, then click the *OK* button.
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14. Link the GPO to the **Domain Controllers** Organizational Unit.
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>It can take up to 15 minutes for these changes to reflect in the system.
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>It can take up to 15 minutes for these changes to be reflected by the system.
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From an elevated command prompt rerun *w32tm /query /source* and compare the output to the one you noted at the beginning of the configuration. Now it will be set to the NTP Server you chose.
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- [Windows Server 2016 Improvements
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](/windows-server/networking/windows-time-service/windows-server-2016-improvements)
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- [Accurate Time for Windows Server 2016](/windows-server/networking/windows-time-service/accurate-time)
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- [Support boundary to configure the Windows Time service for high-accuracy environments](/windows-server/networking/windows-time-service/support-boundary)
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- [Support boundary to configure the Windows Time service for high-accuracy environments](/windows-server/networking/windows-time-service/support-boundary)

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