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layout: "backend-types"
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page_title: "Backend: Supported Backend Types"
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sidebar_current: "docs-backends-types-index"
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Terraform can store the state remotely, making it easier to version and work with in a team.
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# Backend Types
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This section documents the various backend types supported by Terraform.
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If you're not familiar with backends, please
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[read the sections about backends](/docs/backends/index.html) first.
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Backends may support differing levels of features in Terraform. We differentiate
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these by calling a backend either **standard** or **enhanced**. All backends
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must implement **standard** functionality. These are defined below:
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* **Standard**: State management, functionality covered in
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[State Storage & Locking](/docs/backends/state.html)
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* **Enhanced**: Everything in standard plus
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[remote operations](/docs/backends/operations.html).
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The backends are separated in the left by standard and enhanced.
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