With the Network Edition of Reference Manager, an administrator would create a blank folder called "RMACCESS" in the same location as the database files. Whatever access rights they assign to this folder are the rights that users are assigned when they open a database in the same hierarchy. Any database files in that hierarchy should have full access assigned to the users.

Because the supported network operating systems provide their own setup procedures, a network utility program is not necessary and has not been included with Reference Manager Network program.