Oracle multi-tenant vs SQL Server I am from SQL Server background and recently getting my hands dirty with Oracle 12c. I came across few features of Oracle called multi-tenant, Container Database and Pluggbale database. Can somebody tell me what are the direct equivalents of these features in SQL Server 2012?
Can somebody tell me what are the direct equivalents of these features in SQL Server 2012?


An Oracle Pluggable Database is similar to a SQL Server User Database.  

Before Oracle 12c an Oracle Instance could only have one Database.  With Oracle 12c Oracle added the ability for a single Instance to manage multiple Databases, like SQL Server has always done.

See Introduction to the Multitenant Architecture from Oracle Docs.

And Database Engine Instances from SQL Docs.