diff --git a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisResult.cs b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisResult.cs
index 0e9ff65d5..30f8c2f33 100644
--- a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisResult.cs
+++ b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisResult.cs
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ namespace MultiProjectValidator
     public class AnalysisResult
     {
 
-        private List<string> _messages;
+        private IEnumerable<string> _messages;
         private bool _passed;
 
-        public AnalysisResult(List<string> messages, bool passed)
+        public AnalysisResult(IEnumerable<string> messages, bool passed)
         {
             _messages = messages;
             _passed = passed;
         }
 
-        public List<string> Messages
+        public IEnumerable<string> Messages
         {
             get
             {
diff --git a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatch/DependencyGroup.cs b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatch/DependencyGroup.cs
index 59a51096e..e1b889f0f 100644
--- a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatch/DependencyGroup.cs
+++ b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatch/DependencyGroup.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
-namespace ProjectSanity.AnalysisRules.DependencyMismatch
+namespace MultiProjectValidator.AnalysisRules.DependencyMismatch
 {
     internal class DependencyGroup
     {
diff --git a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatch/DependencyInfo.cs b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatch/DependencyInfo.cs
index b91e3298c..7c2669dec 100644
--- a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatch/DependencyInfo.cs
+++ b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatch/DependencyInfo.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
 
-namespace ProjectSanity.AnalysisRules.DependencyMismatch
+namespace MultiProjectValidator.AnalysisRules.DependencyMismatch
 {
     internal class DependencyInfo
     {
diff --git a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatchRule.cs b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatchRule.cs
index 67fab1014..64794e843 100644
--- a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatchRule.cs
+++ b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/AnalysisRules/DependencyMismatchRule.cs
@@ -3,24 +3,30 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
 using System.Text;
-using ProjectSanity.AnalysisRules.DependencyMismatch;
+using MultiProjectValidator.AnalysisRules.DependencyMismatch;
 
 namespace MultiProjectValidator.AnalysisRules
 {
     public class DependencyMismatchRule : IAnalysisRule
     {
-        public AnalysisResult Evaluate(List<ProjectContext> projectContexts)
+        public AnalysisResult Evaluate(IEnumerable<ProjectContext> projectContexts)
         {
-            var targetGroupedContexts = GroupContextsByTarget(projectContexts);
+            var filteredContexts = FilterContextList(projectContexts);
+            var targetGroupedContexts = GroupContextsByTarget(filteredContexts);
 
             var failureMessages = EvaluateProjectContextTargetGroups(targetGroupedContexts);
-            var pass = failureMessages.Count == 0;
+            var pass = failureMessages.Count() == 0;
 
             var result = new AnalysisResult(failureMessages, pass);
             return result;
         }
 
-        private List<string> EvaluateProjectContextTargetGroups(Dictionary<string, List<ProjectContext>> targetGroupedProjectContexts)
+        private IEnumerable<ProjectContext> FilterContextList(IEnumerable<ProjectContext> projectContexts)
+        {
+            return projectContexts.Where(context=> !context.TargetIsDesktop());
+        }
+
+        private IEnumerable<string> EvaluateProjectContextTargetGroups(Dictionary<string, List<ProjectContext>> targetGroupedProjectContexts)
         {
             var failureMessages = new List<string>();
 
@@ -42,13 +48,12 @@ namespace MultiProjectValidator.AnalysisRules
             return failureMessages;
         }
 
-        private List<string> EvaluateProjectContextTargetGroup(List<ProjectContext> targetProjectContextGroup)
+        private List<string> EvaluateProjectContextTargetGroup(IEnumerable<ProjectContext> targetProjectContextGroup)
         {
             var failedMessages = new List<string>();
 
             var dependencyGroups = CreateDependencyGroups(targetProjectContextGroup);
 
-            
             foreach (var dependencyGroup in dependencyGroups)
             {
                 if(dependencyGroup.HasConflict)
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ namespace MultiProjectValidator.AnalysisRules
             return sb.ToString();
         }
 
-        private Dictionary<string, List<ProjectContext>> GroupContextsByTarget(List<ProjectContext> projectContexts)
+        private Dictionary<string, List<ProjectContext>> GroupContextsByTarget(IEnumerable<ProjectContext> projectContexts)
         {
             var targetContextMap = new Dictionary<string, List<ProjectContext>>();
             foreach (var context in projectContexts)
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ namespace MultiProjectValidator.AnalysisRules
             return targetContextMap;
         }
 
-        private List<DependencyGroup> CreateDependencyGroups(List<ProjectContext> projectContexts)
+        private List<DependencyGroup> CreateDependencyGroups(IEnumerable<ProjectContext> projectContexts)
         {
             var libraryNameDependencyGroupMap = new Dictionary<string, DependencyGroup>();
 
diff --git a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/IAnalysisRule.cs b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/IAnalysisRule.cs
index 7130bca79..7a7adbc68 100644
--- a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/IAnalysisRule.cs
+++ b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/IAnalysisRule.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ namespace MultiProjectValidator
 {
     public interface IAnalysisRule
     {
-        AnalysisResult Evaluate(List<ProjectContext> projectContexts);
+        AnalysisResult Evaluate(IEnumerable<ProjectContext> projectContexts);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/ProjectContextExtensions.cs b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/ProjectContextExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64f8de36c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/ProjectContextExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.ProjectModel;
+
+namespace MultiProjectValidator
+{
+    public static class ProjectContextExtensions
+    {
+        private static readonly string s_desktopTfmPrefix = ".NETFramework";
+        public static bool TargetIsDesktop(this ProjectContext context)
+        {
+            var targetFramework = context.TargetFramework.ToString();
+
+            return targetFramework.StartsWith(s_desktopTfmPrefix);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/ProjectLoader.cs b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/ProjectLoader.cs
index e0088568b..097697881 100644
--- a/tools/MultiProjectValidator/ProjectLoader.cs
+++ b/tools/MultiProjectValidator/ProjectLoader.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace MultiProjectValidator
 {
     public class ProjectLoader
     {
-        private static readonly string PROJECT_FILENAME = "project.json";
+        private static readonly string s_projectFileName = "project.json";
 
         public static List<ProjectContext> Load(string rootPath, bool recursive=true)
         {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace MultiProjectValidator
 
         private static string[] DiscoverProjectFiles(string rootPath)
         {
-            return Directory.GetFiles(rootPath, PROJECT_FILENAME, SearchOption.AllDirectories);
+            return Directory.GetFiles(rootPath, s_projectFileName, SearchOption.AllDirectories);
         }
 
         private static List<ProjectContext> LoadProjectContexts(string[] projectFiles)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace MultiProjectValidator
             {
                 var fileTargetContexts = ProjectContext.CreateContextForEachTarget(file);
 
-                projectContexts.AddRange(fileTargetContexts);    
+                projectContexts.AddRange(fileTargetContexts);
             }
 
             return projectContexts;