Time synchronization for SharePoint virtual machine

Hi everyone,
As a best pratice, i read in a technet article : "Disable time synchronization for each SharePoint virtual machine".
Do i need to disable the Integration Service "Time Syncronization" in the virtual machine settings ?
Is it better to do a NTP sync on each serveur ? (Virtual and physical machine)
Thanks in advance for your reply,
Sincerly,
Anthony Picot

Hi Anthony,
yes, you should disable the Integration Services Time Sync per VM Settings, as this can lead to problems with the SharePoint timer service and yes, you can do an NTP Sync instead.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff621085(v=office.14).aspx
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