diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d1788b32..1e7b251d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-geode</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.0.DATAGEODE-100-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Geode</name>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/xml/support/PoolAlreadyExistsIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/xml/support/PoolAlreadyExistsIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77a19107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/xml/support/PoolAlreadyExistsIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.xml.support;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import org.apache.geode.cache.Region;
+import org.apache.geode.cache.client.ClientCache;
+import org.apache.geode.cache.client.Pool;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.GemfireUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.function.annotation.OnRegion;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+/**
+ * Integration tests to test the configuration of the {@link ClientCache} {@literal DEFAULT} {@link Pool},
+ * client {@link Region Region's} using a configured {@link Pool} and a {@link Function} referring to
+ * a client {@link Region} requiring the configured {@link Pool}.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.junit.Test
+ * @see org.apache.geode.cache.Region
+ * @see org.apache.geode.cache.client.ClientCache
+ * @see org.apache.geode.cache.client.Pool
+ * @see <a href=""></a>
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class PoolAlreadyExistsIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private ClientCache clientCache;
+
+	private void assertRegion(Region<?, ?> region, String name) {
+
+		assertThat(region).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(region.getName()).isEqualTo(GemfireUtils.toRegionName(name));
+		assertThat(region.getFullPath()).isEqualTo(GemfireUtils.toRegionPath(name));
+		assertThat(region.getAttributes()).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(region.getAttributes().getPoolName()).isEqualTo("TestPool");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void regionsConfiguredWithPool() {
+
+		assertRegion(this.clientCache.getRegion("RegionOne"), "RegionOne");
+		assertRegion(this.clientCache.getRegion("RegionTwo"), "RegionTwo");
+	}
+
+	@OnRegion(id = "TestFunction", region = "RegionTwo")
+	interface TestFunctionExecution {
+
+		void doSomething();
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/xml/support/PoolAlreadyExistsIntegrationTests-context.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/xml/support/PoolAlreadyExistsIntegrationTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3005a578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/xml/support/PoolAlreadyExistsIntegrationTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	   xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+	   xmlns:gfe="http://www.springframework.org/schema/geode"
+	   xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	   xsi:schemaLocation="
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/geode http://www.springframework.org/schema/geode/spring-geode.xsd
+">
+
+	<context:property-placeholder/>
+
+	<util:properties id="gemfireProperties">
+		<prop key="log-level">${gemfire.log-level:error}</prop>
+	</util:properties>
+
+	<gfe:client-cache properties-ref="gemfireProperties" pool-name="TestPool"/>
+
+	<gfe:pool id="TestPool"/>
+
+	<gfe:client-region id="RegionOne" shortcut="PROXY" pool-name="TestPool"/>
+	<gfe:client-region id="RegionTwo" shortcut="PROXY" pool-name="TestPool"/>
+
+	<bean id="RegionTwoFunctionTemplate" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.function.execution.GemfireOnRegionFunctionTemplate">
+		<constructor-arg index="0" ref="RegionTwo"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.function.execution.OnRegionFunctionProxyFactoryBean">
+		<constructor-arg index="0" value="org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.xml.support.PoolAlreadyExistsIntegrationTests$TestFunctionExecution"/>
+		<constructor-arg index="1" ref="RegionTwoFunctionTemplate"/>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>