Temp Fix (encrypted smb) issue.
Context;
3 node windows server 2019 failover clustered file share, SMB 3.1.1, you can verfiy SMB version by running “Get-Smbconnection” on client.
Mapped drives via GPO.
Problem;
After Update to windows 10 2004 via endpoint manager, PC showed Mapped drives but when trying to connect we got errors, when trying to browse the unc path ‘access denied’
manually ‘net use /delete drive:’ then run gpdate resolved issue untill reboot, on a few occassion actually had to release and renew IP before the drives would connect.
Solution;
i decided to add a mapped drive via GPO to another server to rule out server issue, i mapped a SMB 3.0 share on a windows server 2012 r2, this share worked perfect on every reboot.
At this point i went back to the file share cluster and disabled file share encryption as this was the only difference apart from the SMB version and finally all my mapped drived work on reboot.
im unhappy about removing encryption in order for this to work so MS has broken something in SMB during startup of os and mapping drives.