The remote backend in terraform is used to store the state of terraform and can also run operations in terraform cloud. Remote backend multiple terraform commands such as init, plan, apply, destroy (terraform version >= v0.11.12), get, output, providers, state (sub-commands: list, mv, pull, push, rm, show) , taint, untaint, validate and many more. It can work with a single remote terraform cloud workspace or even multiple workspaces.
For running remote operations like terraform plan or terraform apply, you can use terraform cloud’s run environment.
