1. A method for managing distributed data in an information management system, comprising: defining an information management policy for multiple different computing devices having data objects and associated with the information management system, wherein the multiple computing devices and the data files are associated with a user; wherein the user is one of multiple users associated within an organization; wherein the multiple computing devices include at least one mobile computing device; wherein the defining includes receiving input from an administrator of the information management policy, the user associated with the multiple computing devices, or both the administrator and the user; wherein the input selects which ones of the data objects to collect, manage and distribute in accordance with the information management policy; and, wherein the input selects which ones of the multiple computing devices to which to distribute the selected data objects; receiving at least some of the data objects from the multiple computing devices, wherein not all of the data objects exist on all of the multiple computing devices; creating copies of the selected data objects in accordance with the information management policy, wherein the copies include preview versions of the selected ones of the data objects to enable the user to preview at least a portion of content of the selected data objects; and distributing, after the receiving and the creating, the copies of the selected data objects to the selected ones of the multiple computing devices in accordance with the information management policy.