The global virtual desktop infrastructure market is projected to increase from $21.83 billion in 2025 to $25.89 billion in 2026, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.6%, according to ResearchAndMarkets.com's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Market Report 2026. The market is forecast to reach $50.03 billion by 2030, expanding at a 17.9% CAGR from 2026. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), which delivers centrally managed desktop environments and applications to users across locations, is benefiting from virtualization adoption, centralized IT management, lower hardware maintenance requirements, enterprise mobility and secure corporate application access. Future growth is expected to reflect hybrid work, stronger data-security requirements, cloud-based IT infrastructure, bring-your-own-device policies and demand for desktop capacity that can scale with workforce changes. Key trends include cloud-hosted desktops, secure remote-work enablement, centralized administration, scalable deployment models and integration with identity and access management systems. Forbes Media LLC reported in June 2023 that 12.7% of full-time employees were expected to work from home during 2023 and 28.2% were expected to use a hybrid model; it also projected 32.6 million Americans would work remotely by 2025. Amazon Web Services launched Amazon WorkSpaces Pools in June 2024, offering pooled desktops for uses including training laboratories and contact centers, with pay-as-you-go pricing, centralized console management and scalable capacity. Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware in November 2023, combining VMware's cloud infrastructure, virtualization, networking, edge computing and security capabilities with Broadcom's infrastructure technology portfolio. North America was the largest regional market in 2025, while Europe is expected to grow fastest during the forecast period. The report covers cloud and on-premise deployments, large enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses, multiple industry verticals, country and regional forecasts, competitor market shares, market segments, five historical years and 10 forecast years.