Right, jms-ds is for JCA resource connection factory. JBM 1.4 can't live without JBoss AS. JBM 2.0 can. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4215314#4215314 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4215314