Hi ! By default, JBoss places EJBs in JNDI according to this naming rules: -"EARName/BeanName/remote" for remote interfaces -"EARName/BeanName/local" for remote interfaces. If the EJB jar is not part of an EAR file, then "EARName" is not present. So, the lookup for "userProfileBean/remote" will find an interface annotated with "@Remote", while "userProfileBean/local" will find an interface annotated with "@Local". Hope this clears things Wolfgang View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4104079#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...