Forum Discussion

Diomann's avatar
Diomann
Copper Contributor
Apr 23, 2021

Time Sync on Surface Hub 2s

Hello,   following issue: Surface Hub 2s (enrolled in Intune) connects to the internet via proxy and the proxy blocks the NTP access to time.microsoft.com. How can I set up the local NTP server? An...
Surface Hub 2S
cezarcretu's avatar
cezarcretu
Icon for Microsoft rankMicrosoft
Apr 26, 2021

Hello Diomann,

 

The NTP server is set when the device is joined to a local AD. Otherwise, you can whitelist time.windows.com on the proxy/firewall

 

Thank you,

Cezar

  • Diomann's avatar
    Diomann
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 26, 2021
    It only joined to a Azure AD. Any other solutions?
    • cezarcretu's avatar
      cezarcretu
      Icon for Microsoft rankMicrosoft
      Apr 26, 2021
      These are the only options. If the device is AAD joined, you should allow time.windows.com to be used for time synchronization. Maybe a separate VLAN for Surface Hubs would be a possible solution
      • Diomann's avatar
        Diomann
        Copper Contributor
        May 03, 2021
        We just created an A-Record in our DNS and linked the time.windows.com to our internal NTP server. This works

Resources