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WebSphere Application Server Community Edition

A free, lightweight Java™ EE 5 application server that provides a readily accessible and flexible foundation for building Java applications.

Updated 30 Apr 2008

New Migration Assistant helps you easily migrate your
applications to WebSphere Application Server

New Migration Assistant helps you easily migrate your applications to WebSphere Application Server
Migrating your Community Edition applications to WebSphere Application Server just got a whole lot easier with a helpful new tool from IBM alphaWorks. More

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Latest content

	Integrating WebSphere MQ with WebSphere Application Server Community Edition Learn how to configure WebSphere MQ as the JMS provider in WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2.0.

	Deploy Data Web Services to WebSphere Application Server Community Edition Learn how to deploy a Data Web service created by IBM Data Studio's Data Web Services to a Community Edition Web server.

	Tutorial: Database applications made easy The powerful (and free) combination of WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2, DB2 Express-C, and Eclipse can get you started building Java EE applications right away.

	Documentation: WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for Web 2.0 This Information Center material will help you get you started applying the Web 2.0 Feature Pack to your Community Edition applications.

	Set up a public key infrastructure with Community Edition V2.0 Learn the basics of configuring Community Edition for client and server authentication using digital certificates.

	What's new in WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2.0 See what's new and improved in the latest version of IBM's free-to-use application server, now certified for Java EE 5 and full of new features and enhancements.

	Configure Web application security in WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2.0 Learn how to configure and use the various security realms provided in the latest edition of Community Edition to confidently secure your Java EE 5 applications.

	Develop and deploy JAX-WS Web services on WebSphere Community Edition V2.0 Start your first JAX-WS Web service project right now and see how Community Edition V2.0 makes building clients and services easier than ever before.

	Get to know Java EE 5 Here's a look at the major features and enhancements that can make your enterprise application development faster, easier, and more efficient.

	Migrate to Community Edition from other application servers Migrating assets from another Java EE application server is often a matter of simply building the right deployment plan.

	What's new in OpenEJB 3.0 Use Spring's connection management infrastructure with Community Edition.