Its the StreamingDeploymentTarget that is choosing to copy the content to the server. The SerializableDeploymentID representing the deployment has a contentURL that could be used to represent the old style of external deployment that could be added via reference rather than by copy. As long as the url has a usable VirtualFile the PS should not care. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4171339#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...