- Simple Network Time Protocol
- Automatically synchronizes clocks on machines that are members of Active Directory domains
- Synchronization hierarchy can be defined
- All times in Windows Server 2003 are stored as Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) and adjusted in the GUI for the time zone
- Time synchronization is not vital for Active Directory replication (differs from other directory services), but is crucial for Kerberos authentication
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