diff --git a/examples/mini-service/pom.xml b/examples/mini-service/pom.xml
index d4e79df6..70dbf5ae 100644
--- a/examples/mini-service/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/mini-service/pom.xml
@@ -364,13 +364,6 @@
 
 								<taskdef name="dbunit" classname="org.dbunit.ant.DbUnitTask" classpathref="maven.test.classpath" />
 
-								<echo>Waiting for the h2 server start...</echo>
-								<waitfor maxwait="500" maxwaitunit="second">
-									<and>
-										<socket server="localhost" port="9092" />
-									</and>
-								</waitfor>
-								<echo>The h2 server started.</echo>
 								<sql driver="${jdbc.driver}" url="${jdbc.url}" userid="${jdbc.username}" password="${jdbc.password}"
 									src="src/main/resources/sql/${sql.type}/schema.sql" onerror="continue">
 									<classpath refid="maven.test.classpath" />
diff --git a/examples/mini-service/src/main/resources/application.properties b/examples/mini-service/src/main/resources/application.properties
index f5968ef3..d028be47 100644
--- a/examples/mini-service/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/examples/mini-service/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-#h2 standalone database settings
+#h2 embedded database settings
 jdbc.driver=org.h2.Driver
-jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/mini-service4
+jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:file:/~/mini-service4;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE
 jdbc.username=sa
 jdbc.password=
 
 #log4jdbc driver
 #jdbc.driver=net.sf.log4jdbc.DriverSpy
-#jdbc.url=jdbc:log4jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/mini-service4
+#jdbc.url=jdbc:log4jdbc:h2:file:~/mini-service4;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE
 
 #dbcp settings
 dbcp.maxIdle=20
diff --git a/examples/mini-web/bin/hibernate/hibernate.cfg.xml b/examples/mini-web/bin/hibernate/hibernate.cfg.xml
index 58cfadbe..2a105840 100644
--- a/examples/mini-web/bin/hibernate/hibernate.cfg.xml
+++ b/examples/mini-web/bin/hibernate/hibernate.cfg.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <hibernate-configuration>
     <session-factory>
         <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">org.h2.Driver</property>
-        <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/mini-web4</property>
+        <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:h2:file:~/mini-web4;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE</property>
         <property name="hibernate.connection.username">sa</property>
         <property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect</property>
     </session-factory>
diff --git a/examples/mini-web/pom.xml b/examples/mini-web/pom.xml
index 91fe05a9..9464d95f 100644
--- a/examples/mini-web/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/mini-web/pom.xml
@@ -379,14 +379,7 @@
 								<property name="dbunit.datatype" value="org.dbunit.ext.h2.H2DataTypeFactory" />
 
 								<taskdef name="dbunit" classname="org.dbunit.ant.DbUnitTask" classpathref="maven.test.classpath" />
-                				
-                				<echo>Waiting for the h2 server start...</echo>
-                				<waitfor maxwait="500" maxwaitunit="second">
-									<and>
-										<socket server="localhost" port="9092"/>
-									</and>
-								</waitfor>
-                				<echo>The h2 server started.</echo>
+                		
                 				<sql driver="${jdbc.driver}" url="${jdbc.url}" userid="${jdbc.username}" password="${jdbc.password}" src="src/main/resources/sql/${sql.type}/schema.sql" onerror="continue">
 									<classpath refid="maven.test.classpath" />
 								</sql>
diff --git a/examples/mini-web/src/main/resources/application.properties b/examples/mini-web/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b56ffdb1..457de792 100644
--- a/examples/mini-web/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/examples/mini-web/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-#h2 standalone database settings
+#h2 embedded database settings
 jdbc.driver=org.h2.Driver
-jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/mini-web4
+jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:file:~/mini-web4;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE
 jdbc.username=sa
 jdbc.password=
 hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
 
 #log4jdbc driver
 #jdbc.driver=net.sf.log4jdbc.DriverSpy
-#jdbc.url=jdbc:log4jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/mini-web4
+#jdbc.url=jdbc:log4jdbc:h2:file:~/mini-web4;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE
 
 #oracle database settings
 #jdbc.driver=oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
diff --git a/examples/showcase/pom.xml b/examples/showcase/pom.xml
index f16d272b..7372f985 100644
--- a/examples/showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/showcase/pom.xml
@@ -536,14 +536,7 @@
 								<property name="dbunit.datatype" value="org.dbunit.ext.h2.H2DataTypeFactory" />
 
 								<taskdef name="dbunit" classname="org.dbunit.ant.DbUnitTask" classpathref="maven.test.classpath" />
-
-								<echo>Waiting for the h2 server start...</echo>
-								<waitfor maxwait="500" maxwaitunit="second">
-									<and>
-										<socket server="localhost" port="9092" />
-									</and>
-								</waitfor>
-								<echo>The h2 server started.</echo>
+						
 								<sql driver="${jdbc.driver}" url="${jdbc.url}" userid="${jdbc.username}" password="${jdbc.password}"
 									src="src/main/resources/sql/${sql.type}/schema.sql" onerror="continue">
 									<classpath refid="maven.test.classpath" />
diff --git a/examples/showcase/src/main/resources/application.properties b/examples/showcase/src/main/resources/application.properties
index d0b8a2a7..7c297915 100644
--- a/examples/showcase/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/examples/showcase/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 #h2 standalone database settings
 jdbc.driver=org.h2.Driver
-jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/showcase4
+jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:file:~/showcase4;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE
 jdbc.username=sa
 jdbc.password=
 hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
 #log4jdbc driver
 #jdbc.driver=net.sf.log4jdbc.DriverSpy
-#jdbc.url=jdbc:log4jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/showcase4
+#jdbc.url=jdbc:log4jdbc:h2:file:~/showcase4;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE
 
 quartz.jdbc.driver=org.h2.Driver
-quartz.jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/showcase-quartz4
+quartz.jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:file:~/showcase-quartz4;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE
 quartz.jdbc.username=sa
 quartz.jdbc.password=
 
diff --git a/quick-start b/quick-start
index ea81923d..54622f09 100644
--- a/quick-start
+++ b/quick-start
@@ -10,16 +10,11 @@ mvn clean install -Pmodules -Dmaven.test.skip=true
 
 echo "[Step 2] Generate Eclipse project files for all projects"	
 mvn eclipse:clean eclipse:eclipse -Pall 
- 
-echo "[Step 3] Start H2 Standalone database."
-cd support/h2
-mvn exec:java -PwithoutBrowser &
-cd ../../
 
-echo "[Step 4] Init schema and data for all example projects."
+echo "[Step 3] Init schema and data for all example projects."
 mvn antrun:run -Prefresh-db,examples
 
-echo "[Step 5] Start all example projects."
+echo "[Step 4] Start all example projects."
 cd  examples/mini-service
 mvn clean jetty:run -Djetty.port=8082 &
 cd  ../mini-web
diff --git a/quick-start.bat b/quick-start.bat
index 9d195d31..46f8e774 100644
--- a/quick-start.bat
+++ b/quick-start.bat
@@ -13,16 +13,11 @@ echo [Step 2] Generate Eclipse project files for all projects
 call %MVN% eclipse:clean eclipse:eclipse -Pall
 if errorlevel 1 goto error
 
-echo [Step 3] Start H2 Standalone database.
-cd support/h2
-start "H2 Database" %MVN% exec:java -PwithoutBrowser
-cd ..\..\
-
-echo [Step 4] Init schema and data for all example projects.
+echo [Step 3] Init schema and data for all example projects.
 call %MVN% antrun:run -Prefresh-db,examples
 if errorlevel 1 goto error
 
-echo [Step 5] Start all example projects.
+echo [Step 4] Start all example projects.
 cd examples\mini-service
 start "Mini-Service" %MVN% clean jetty:run -Djetty.port=8082
 if errorlevel 1 goto error
diff --git a/support/h2/README.txt b/support/h2/README.txt
index 4a52e08d..e0dc0b1c 100644
--- a/support/h2/README.txt
+++ b/support/h2/README.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Command to run a standalone H2 Database server.
\ No newline at end of file
+Command to open a H2 web console or run a standalone H2 Database server.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/support/h2/h2-console.bat b/support/h2/h2-console.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f8fe4fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/h2/h2-console.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@echo off
+call mvn exec:java -Ph2console
+pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/support/h2/h2-server.bat b/support/h2/h2-server.bat
index 13e01b59..191b6e1e 100644
--- a/support/h2/h2-server.bat
+++ b/support/h2/h2-server.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 @echo off
-call mvn exec:java
+call mvn exec:java -Ph2server
 pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/support/h2/pom.xml b/support/h2/pom.xml
index 93ae16bd..a458c051 100644
--- a/support/h2/pom.xml
+++ b/support/h2/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springside</groupId>
@@ -8,8 +9,8 @@
 		<relativePath>../../</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.springside</groupId>
-	<artifactId>h2-starts</artifactId>
-	<name>H2 start Script</name>
+	<artifactId>h2-start</artifactId>
+	<name>H2 Console</name>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -21,59 +22,59 @@
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-				<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>java</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-				<configuration>
-					<mainClass>org.h2.tools.Server</mainClass>
-					<arguments>
-							<argument>-tcp</argument>
-							<argument>-web</argument>
-							<argument>-webPort</argument>
-							<argument>8090</argument>
-							<argument>-browser</argument>
-						</arguments>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
-		<id>withoutBrowser</id>
-		<build>
-			<plugins>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-					<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<executions>
-						<execution>
-							<goals>
-								<goal>java</goal>
-							</goals>
-						</execution>
-					</executions>
-					<configuration>
-						<mainClass>org.h2.tools.Server</mainClass>
-						<arguments>
-							<argument>-tcp</argument>
-							<arguments>-tcpAllowOthers</arguments>
-							<argument>-web</argument>
-							<argument>-webPort</argument>
-							<argument>8090</argument>
-						</arguments>
-					</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
+			<id>h2server</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+						<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>java</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+						<configuration>
+							<mainClass>org.h2.tools.Server</mainClass>
+							<arguments>
+								<argument>-tcp</argument>
+								<arguments>-tcpAllowOthers</arguments>
+							</arguments>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
 		</profile>
-	</profiles>	
+		
+		<profile>
+			<id>h2console</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+						<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>java</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+						<configuration>
+							<mainClass>org.h2.tools.Server</mainClass>
+							<arguments>
+								<argument>-web</argument>
+								<argument>-webPort</argument>
+								<argument>8090</argument>
+								<argument>-browser</argument>
+							</arguments>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
 </project>