Is timesync still required for Windows Server 2012 R2?

Our servers are on a workgroup, we are a small company and do not use a domain controller. In Windows Server 2008 R2 we used TimeSync to help keep the most accurate time, not sure it was really necessary. We're reloading our servers with Windows Server 2012 R2 and wondering if the default Windows time sync is sufficient or if we should use TimeSync again? A small windows service.

Thank you

Solution 1:

Windows has a built-in function to do time synchronisation. And by default it gets the time from time.windows.com. There is no need to use a third-party application.

You can (but you should not need to) change the settings by right-clicking the clock in the taskbar > Adjust date/time > Internet Time.

Or from the command line:

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:time.windows.com /update