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Secure Time Seeding on DCs: A Note from the Field

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Chris_Cartwright
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Sep 09, 2024
Update 4/30/2025: Official recommendation to disable Secure Time Seeding on DCs can be found here: Secure Time Seeding Recommendations for Windows Server - Windows Server | Microsoft Learn     ...
Updated Apr 30, 2025
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prakashjha
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Sep 14, 2024

This issue really had me spinning in circles and I was unable to determine the reason why one of our DCs suddenly had its time move ahead by 6 months and then reset back.