smbdelete files Using Office 365

They have basically killed server 6 months or so ago. My business relied on Mac servers as they were super cheap and ultra reliable and I actually talked to someone from the Server division in California about the decision to cancel OSX Server. After an hour long conversation I understand from a business standpoint why they did it. (Basically the cloud and it's not needed anymore to push Apple into the business realm) However it still leaves myself and most of my clients in a lurch and needing to spend $ we otherwise wouldn't.

That being said, what I am experiencing is my users get that error if the document is saved twice without closing it. The first save works fine. The second one throws the error. Any chance you can train people to close a document after saving and then reopen it until the issue is resolved? Or is it happening on the first save after opening?

I have been having this issue as well since upgrading clients to Mojave. The only answer it seems is to switch back to AFP for all the shares.

In my opinion this is not just a clients' issue. Using a windows-based SMB server instead, the same client with the same MacOS and Word 365 versions does not have problems with repeated saving. So Apple's server solution itself seems to be a major part of the problem.

Shouldn't SMB be a "standard" working irrespective of the server's operation system? Microsoft tells me it's Apple's fault and Apple just seems to wait (or even blame Microsoft instead) ...

Please find a solution quickly as our whole company's data storage concept is based on Apple clients and servers and our daily work is deeply affected by this issue since months.