That explained Mbeans. But im still unclear, I think at a high level how it all fits together. I need to understand how both web apps and portlets can share a datasource, preferably through a hibernate session. I've got my datasource set up and Im sure i can make calls on it through both a web app and a portlet but im unclear on the best approach for how to make my connections / how to set up hibernate for it. I'm just getting started and am confused. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3979078#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...