While upgrading from BES 3.6.7 (MS Exchange version)

The version of the database is too old. Upgrade to MSDE 2000 or later.

Stops the upgrade cold.

Any suggestions appreciated.

TIA

Upgrade the MSDE or if you have another server dedicated for SQL (Depends on the number of User's), install MSSQL2000 with SP3 and run that as the remote server and then upgrade.
What atre you upgrading to? 4.1 4.0

Thanks, it's 4.1. The installation media for 3.6 had MSDE on it but it appears the installation media for 4.1 doesn't.

If you are sticking with MSDE then download MSDE200a from Microsoft, unpack the setup files and then run the following from the command line in the folder you unpacked to:

setup SAPWD="YourPassword" UPGRADE=1

If you have a blank sa password in MSDE 7 then you need to specify a password in order to do the upgrade. If you have an sa password set then use it in the command above.

This will upgrade the database engine and retain your current BESMgmt database.