diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f92e45a..0b19c9c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,4 +22,10 @@ yarn-error.log*
 # Dependency directories
 package-lock.json
 pnpm-lock.yaml
-yarn.lock
\ No newline at end of file
+yarn.lock
+
+# Terraform
+.terraform/
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.backup
+.terraform.lock.hcl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/iac/terraform/environments/dev/backend.tf b/iac/terraform/deployments/dev/backend.tf
similarity index 100%
rename from iac/terraform/environments/dev/backend.tf
rename to iac/terraform/deployments/dev/backend.tf
diff --git a/iac/terraform/dns/main.tf b/iac/terraform/deployments/dev/main.tf
similarity index 100%
rename from iac/terraform/dns/main.tf
rename to iac/terraform/deployments/dev/main.tf
diff --git a/iac/terraform/environments/dev/outputs.tf b/iac/terraform/deployments/dev/outputs.tf
similarity index 100%
rename from iac/terraform/environments/dev/outputs.tf
rename to iac/terraform/deployments/dev/outputs.tf
diff --git a/iac/terraform/environments/dev/terraform.tfvars b/iac/terraform/deployments/dev/terraform.tfvars
similarity index 100%
rename from iac/terraform/environments/dev/terraform.tfvars
rename to iac/terraform/deployments/dev/terraform.tfvars
diff --git a/iac/terraform/environments/dev/variables.tf b/iac/terraform/deployments/dev/variables.tf
similarity index 100%
rename from iac/terraform/environments/dev/variables.tf
rename to iac/terraform/deployments/dev/variables.tf
diff --git a/iac/terraform/deployments/shared/backend.tf b/iac/terraform/deployments/shared/backend.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..021f471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iac/terraform/deployments/shared/backend.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+terraform {
+  backend "azurerm" {
+    resource_group_name   = "rg-tfstate"
+    storage_account_name  = "stscryingtfstate"
+    container_name        = "shared"
+    key                   = "terraform.tfstate"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/iac/terraform/deployments/shared/providers.tf b/iac/terraform/deployments/shared/providers.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1b64bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iac/terraform/deployments/shared/providers.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.0.0"
+
+  required_providers {
+    azurerm = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/azurerm"
+      version = "~>3.0.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+provider "azurerm" {
+  features {}
+  subscription_id = "6f889e85-5bc7-4b1e-a897-17aa4d0794a1"  
+}
diff --git a/iac/terraform/deployments/shared/tfstate.tf b/iac/terraform/deployments/shared/tfstate.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d26135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iac/terraform/deployments/shared/tfstate.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+resource "azurerm_resource_group" "tfstate" {
+  name     = "rg-tfstate"
+  location = "East US"
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_storage_account" "tfstate" {
+  name                     = "stscryingtfstate"
+  resource_group_name      = azurerm_resource_group.tfstate.name
+  location                 = azurerm_resource_group.tfstate.location
+  account_tier             = "Standard"
+  account_replication_type = "LRS"
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_storage_container" "tfstate" {
+  name                  = "shared"
+  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.tfstate.name
+}
+
+# Admin-only access to shared state
+# resource "azurerm_role_assignment" "tfstate_admins" {
+#   scope                = azurerm_storage_account.tfstate.id
+#   role_definition_name = "Storage Blob Data Owner"
+#   principal_id         = var.admin_group_id  # Only Admins can modify
+# }
+
+# resource "azurerm_role_assignment" "tfstate_read_only" {
+#   scope                = azurerm_storage_account.tfstate.id
+#   role_definition_name = "Storage Blob Data Reader"
+#   principal_id         = var.developer_group_id  # Devs can only read
+# }
diff --git a/iac/terraform/environments/dev/main.tf b/iac/terraform/environments/dev/main.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000