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If you want your entire geographically separated team to have access to the same linked files, you need to upload them to Revit Server. This also goes for CAD / DWG files, which will need to be imported into an RVT if you want to save them directly to RS.  2D DWG files can be referenced by Linked View in the host project if necessary.

Here is a bit of a workflow that may help:
More info:
Help: Linking Server-Based Workshared Models

Other links and info:
This RFO post details what some firms are doing with Revit Server and links:
Revit Server & Linked Consultant Files

Revit Server Administrator 2013 displays "Server Error" upon loading the GUI

10 Things to Know About Revit Server - The Revit Clinic

Removing and Replacing Models on Revit Server - The Revit Clinic

Have you noticed that (typically) Revit 2014 will only show Import Categories for those imports that actually exist in a view?

I think this is a great feature that makes things a bit cleaner when navigating Visibility / Graphics and looking for Imports etc.

Short post, but you know, there is always more to come :-)  Over 250 draft posts, and about 100 more in my 'to blog' email folder...

Sometimes you will have some junk imported DWG definitions residing in your project.  These may be present due to the long history of the project, perhaps using Transfer Project Standards - View Templates, or just poor RVT model management.

How can you get rid of them?

There are various paid tools that will let you do it, but if you already have access to the Whitefeet Tools, you can use them to easily delete any import definitions (they don't have to be DWGs) that you no longer want in the model.

Here's how to do it:

1. Install the WhiteFeet Tools, if you haven't already.
2. Open Revit
3. Go to Add-Ins, Utility Tools (the W logo) and click on Management Tools
4. Click on Manage Attachment Links
5. Select the definition you want to remove.  Make sure to select a line with the Type 'definition'. (See image below).
6. OK and close out of the dialogs
7. Once back in Revit, use the Manage - Select by ID tool and press Ctrl+V.  This will paste the element ID for that import definition.  The Properties Palette will show the proper import name, but everything will be grayed out.
8. Press the Delete key on your keyboard
9. Done!

Now, when you go to your VG - Imported Categories list, that particular Import will no longer be present.

Congratulations, your model just got cleaner!

Boost Your BIM has been posting some awesome stuff.  One older post shows you how to quickly purge your Revit model of Imports:
a FilteredElementCollector, a bit of LINQ, a transaction, and Document.Delete to get the imports (but not the links) out of the model.

Check out the code at:
Delete Imported DWGs and Other CAD files � Boost Your BIM – making Revit even better

If you want to learn how to set-up and use macros in Revit, check out:
Setting up your Revit project for inputting macro codes - Benjamin Malone

His detailed post covers:

• Revit Macro Manager
• Module creation and choosing a language
• SharpDevelop
• Building and running the macro