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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Secure Time Synchronization
Episode 103 of The Windows Podcast with Fexingo digs into a little-known Windows 11 Enterprise requirement: secure time synchronization using Network Time Protocol with Kerberos authentication. Lucas and Luna explain why accurate, tamper-proof system time is critical for everything from Kerberos tickets to certificate validation to audit logs. They walk through how Microsoft is quietly mandating NTP with signed time sources starting with the 2026 feature update, what it means for IT admins managing hybrid and cloud-joined devices, and how this closes a gap attackers have exploited for…
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