How to stop time synchronization on an Azure VM

Solution 1:

I got this to work for a VM running Windows 2008 on Azure (converted from a physical server). My settings are as follows:

  • Hyper-V Time Synchronization Service, startup set to "Manual"
  • Windows Time Service, startup set to "Manual"
  • Time settings set to actively synchronize with "time.windows.com" (I care about the date being different, not the time)