Showing Query Windows Side by Side

05-11-25

Have you ever wanted to demonstrate two T-SQL scripts side by side in SQL Server Management Studio? Making this happen is easy.

1. Open your scripts. For this example, let's keep it simple and choose two.
2. Right-click one of the script tabs and choose New Vertical Document Group.

Like magic, your scripts are now side by side. This layout is perfect for demonstrating deadlocks and isolation level topics.

By the way, I'm NOT going back to SSMS 20. Don't tell Microsoft, but I might be willing to pay for SSMS 21.