Error 0xC1800118 on Client When Upgrading to Windows 10 Version 1607 Using SCCM Servicing Plan

Windows 10 version 1507 is already expired. So you have to upgrade it to the latest or latest-1 
version to keep the device up to date. SCCM Servicing Plan is a good option to do this automatically. Recently I faced this issue when I tried to upgrade a Windows 10 version 1507 (CB) client to Windows 10 version 1607 using a Servicing Plan in SCCM 1606. When I initiated the installation form Software Center, after few minutes setup failed. Status: Failed link opened a window consisting more information on that.

The error code 0xC1800118 seems a common error when upgrading to 1607 using WSUS. Reason to that is, enabling "Upgrades Classification" before installing KB3159706 to enable ESD decryption in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 WSUS. Microsoft has published a KB article to resolve the issue (KB3194588).

But in my environment it's a different case. Because in my SCCM 1606 running on Server 2012 R2, I have installed KB3159706 and completed post configuration tasks before enabling Upgrades classification.

When I try to find the root cause I noticed my Configuration Manager client version is old. it's SCCM 1511 client (5.00.8325.1000)

So I upgraded the client to latest SCCM 1606 client (5.00.8412.1307).

And again gave a try.

It displayed installing..

And after some time feature update installed and restart required to complete the installation. If the installation comes to this point all is ok ;)

So You may have to consider this if you're having 2 client versions; production client and a pre-production client in your environment. If you come across above issue in devices, just upgrade the client version and see. it should work!

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