Microsoft Planetary Computer
Microsoft Planetary Computer offers a multi-petabyte STAC catalog of open environmental data with hosted compute, and Planetary Computer Pro (public preview 2025) extends the same patterns to private, bring-your-own geospatial data inside Azure.
Microsoft Planetary ComputerInside Microsoft Planetary Computer
The public Planetary Computer is a STAC-indexed catalog of open datasets (Sentinel, Landsat, MODIS and many derived layers) with Hub compute, queried through a standard STAC API.
Planetary Computer Pro, in public preview in 2025, is a fully managed bring-your-own-data platform: it ingests, catalogs and serves private geospatial data as STAC GeoCatalog resources secured inside an Azure subscription, with Entra ID role-based access.
Because both halves speak STAC, public reference layers and a customer’s private monitoring data share one interoperable spec.
A STAC-native home where Azure-based dMRV can reference open EO data and host its own private project layers under one catalog standard.
Recent developments
- 2025Planetary Computer Pro entered public preview, adding managed ingest and STAC GeoCatalogs for private, bring-your-own geospatial data.
Using Microsoft Planetary Computer in a project
The provider’s own site holds its current capabilities, access terms and documentation. Read them before selecting the tool or planning an integration.