Yes its possible. I struggled hard to get this solution. Here is how you get portal session from a portlet (am using JSF portlet) - ExternalContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext(); JBossActionRequest request = (JBossActionRequest) context.getRequest(); ServerInvocationContext serverContext = request.getControllerContext().getServerInvocation().getServerContext(); HttpServletRequest clientRequest = serverContext.getClientRequest(); HttpSession session = clientRequest.getSession(); context.getRequest() - will return JBossActionRequest or JBossRenderRequest based on the scenario View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4073608#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...