Not sure if this is anything but I also noticed an extra ' single quote in the logging output of the container name. Is it possible there is a bug adding an extra ' single quote to the container name? Just a thought. DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR: Deployment "vfszip:/C:/ApplicationServers/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/deploy/svc-kat0.0.1--SNAPSHOT.ear/" is in error due to the following reason(s): java.lang.RuntimeException: No container configured with name 'Strictly Pooled Message Driven Bean'' View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4254445#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...