I was asked to give a presentation on the new features that SSRS 2008 has with a demo. I see most of the articles as theoritical but not practically showing how the new features actually work. Can some one point me in the right direction and provide me with some links?

Why dont you download Micrsoft Samples from following site - http://msftrsprodsamples.codeplex.com/ you can see what are new features and present this sample reports as part of your presentation. Gaurav Gupta http://sqlservermsbiblog.blogspot.com/

which samples I have to use to demo the new features??? Please advice.

Can some one help me with this?

Well its totally depend on you, you can use somthing like following reports Sales Trend 2008 AdventureWorks sales trend analysis that compares year over year (Y/Y) growth for products by category and subcategory. This report illustrates the following features: a Tablix with conditionally hidden static columns, repeat column and row headers, and KeepTogether static Tablix member; the aggregate function Previous that calculates Y/Y trends; custom code; conditional font, background cell color, KPI images, and drillthrough parameters. Than you can use some offline reports to show gauges and charts Report Description Gallery_MetallicFrameGauge This report contains an example of a metallic frame gauge. Gallery_Thermometer This report contains an example of a thermometer. Gallery_TurboRPMGauge This report contains an example of a turbo RPM gauge. Pointers This report illustrates how to format the gauge pointer. Scales This report illustrates how to format the gauge scale. Keep an example of different thing ... Gaurav Gupta http://sqlservermsbiblog.blogspot.com/

Thanks. Do you have any references for me to present on Memory Management and other features like Tablix etc?

Hi, In addition to the reply by Gaurav Gupta, for more infomation about Memory Management, please refer to the link below: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159206.aspx Since in Reporting Services 2008, Table, Matrix and List are all based on Tablix control, in order to understand and work with Tablix data region, please refer to the links below: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc627578(SQL.100).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb934258(SQL.100).aspx Thanks, Tony ChainPlease remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help