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     2  layout: "backend-types"
     3  page_title: "Backend: Supported Backend Types"
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     6    Terraform can store the state remotely, making it easier to version and work with in a team.
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     8  
     9  # Backend Types
    10  
    11  This section documents the various backend types supported by Terraform.
    12  If you're not familiar with backends, please
    13  [read the sections about backends](/docs/backends/index.html) first.
    14  
    15  Backends may support differing levels of features in Terraform. We differentiate
    16  these by calling a backend either **standard** or **enhanced**. All backends
    17  must implement **standard** functionality. These are defined below:
    18  
    19    * **Standard**: State management, functionality covered in
    20      [State Storage & Locking](/docs/backends/state.html)
    21  
    22    * **Enhanced**: Everything in standard plus
    23      [remote operations](/docs/backends/operations.html).
    24  
    25  The backends are separated in the left by standard and enhanced.