Hello,
Performing the CU18 on Exchange 2016, I confirmed that the below must be done before starting the update
Prepare Ad Organization
Setup.exe /PrepareAD /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
Prepare All Domains
Setup.exe /PrepareAllDomains /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms
Schema ------> nothing has changed 15332
"Exchange Schema Version = " + ([ADSI]("LDAP://CN=ms-Exch-Schema-Version-Pt," + ([ADSI]"LDAP://RootDSE").schemaNamingContext)).rangeUpper
$RootDSE= ([ADSI]"").distinguishedName
([ADSI]"LDAP://CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,$RootDSE").objectVersion
----> 13238
Verify with ADSI edit the Configuration, Services, Microsoft Exchange, OrgExchangename
ObjectVersion (Configuration) to 16218