The system also supplied the program REDIR.EXE, which allowed transparent file access from DOS machines to any MS-Net based server.
IBM's PC-Net was a slightly modified version of the MS-Net system typically used with Token Ring.
MS partnered with 3Com to produce the more widely used 3+Share system running on a 3Com networking stack based on the XNS protocol on Ethernet.
Other well-known systems, including Banyan VINES and Novell NetWare, did not use MS-Net as their basis, using Unix and a custom OS, respectively.
MS and 3Com collaborated on a replacement known as LAN Manager running on OS/2, using the new Server Message Block standard for file transfer.