Hi,

I am having the same issues as patrickbyte. I initially ran the BES install, and it failed to create a new instance of MSDE. So I tried to create a new instance manually which failed. I stumbled across Chris Dalby's Blog outlining exactly what I had done. My issue is that every time I try to create a new instance of MSDE on SBS 2003 the install fails which is documented in the log. I am able to install an instance 0n 2003 server standard and Windows XP; however SBS 2003 constantly fails. I am hoping that someone can provide some insight into this issue. Until I get past this I am unable to complete the BES install. Any help would be much appreciated.