Configuration Version 3 now supports the short-hand configuration options supplied by NHibernate. You choose the DB type, supply a connection string name, and the rest of the defaults are chosen for you. <configSections> <section name="activerecord" type="Castle.ActiveRecord.Framework.Config.ActiveRecordSectionHandler, Castle.ActiveRecord"/> </configSections> <connectionStrings> <add name="ARTest" connectionString="Server=(local); Database=ComplexDBTest; Integrated Security=SSPI"/> </connectionStrings> <activerecord> <config db="MsSqlServer2005" csn="ARTest"/> </activerecord> SessionScope-less Lazy Loading This is a great change...