anonymous wrote : Therefore, I am after a solution where each time a user makes a request, the same connection from the pool is always used. Yes looks like byApplication pooling strategy would work in this case . But you need to understand that byApplication pooling strategy comes with connection pool per user , I think you are aware of that as you would be keeping a single MC in a pool . All I see what you need to do would be 1) Create a MCF , MC , CF etc stuff 2) Prepare a RAR 3) Have a -ds.xml file defining the connection factory stuff , this would be used by ConnectionFactory deployer to bind the CF in the JNDI. BTW have you started the development or you are about to begin ? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4047994#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...