The Forrester Wave server hosted virtual desktops

The seven providers that matter most and how they stack up

Published October 2016

In Forrester’s 26-criteria evaluation of server hosted virtual desktop vendors, we identified the seven most significant software providers Citrix, Dell, Listeq, Microsoft, Nimboxx, Oracle, and VMware in the category and researched, analysed, and scored them.

This report details our findings about how well each vendor fulfills our criteria and where they stand in relation to each other to help infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals select the right partner for their server-hosted virtual desktops.