!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([W32Time]) is a [Time synchronization] process implemented on [Windows Client] and [Windows Servers][{$pagename}] is not an exact implementation of the [Network Time Protocol] ([NTP]), however [{$pagename}] uses the complex suite of [algorithms] that is defined in the [Network Time Protocol] ([NTP]) specifications to ensure that clocks on computers throughout a network are as accurate as possible.Ideally, all computer clocks in an [Microsoft Active Directory] DS [AD DOMAIN] are synchronized with the time of an authoritative computer. [{$pagename}] purpose is to ensure that the [Windows Time service] uses a [hierarchical] [relationship] that controls authority and does not permit loops to ensure appropriate common time usage.

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* [#1] - [How the Windows Time Service Works|https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/windows-time-service/how-the-windows-time-service-works|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-09-24-