"ataylor" wrote : If i was running as a service i would add the following to my bean definition | <depends>jboss.jca:service=DataSourceBinding,name=DefaultDS</depends> You mean mbean? As MC being full state machine, this is of course there: | <bean name="PojoInjectee" class="org.jboss.example.microcontainer.mbeans.PojoInjectee"> | <depends>jboss.jca:service=DataSourceBinding,name=DefaultDS</depends> | </bean> | | <bean name="demander" class="org.jboss.example.microcontainer.demand.Demander"> | <demand state="Create">jboss.jca:service=DataSourceBinding,name=DefaultDS</demand> | </bean> | Even with additional 'demand' dependency. ;-) But then your datasource should also be registered through MC. Or see Carlo's JNDI problem: http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4079099#... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4095980#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...