This disclosure relates to managing user density in a virtual desktop infrastructure. The method includes installing plurality of virtual machine agents on plurality of virtual machines and at least one hypervisor agent on at least one hypervisor host. The method includes configuring each of plurality of virtual machine agents and each of the at least one hypervisor agent to capture virtual machine management data from the plurality of virtual machines and the at least one hypervisor host. The method includes analyzing virtual machine management data to determine a plurality of sets of common applications. The method includes creating a plurality of dedicated virtual desktops and a plurality of session sharable virtual desktops. One of the plurality of sets of common applications is installed on one of the plurality of session sharable virtual desktops and at least one unique application is installed on one of the plurality of dedicated virtual desktops.