Do you see tables related to portal created in your database? This is what sample SQLServer descriptor look like. You should be able to see this file in build/output/jboss-portal-version/setup <local-tx-datasource> <jndi-name>PortalDS</jndi-name> <connection-url>jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://localhost:1433;tds=8.0;lastupdatecount =true</connection-url> <driver-class>net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver</driver-class> <user-name>portal</user-name> portalpassword </local-tx-datasource> View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4154489#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...