ICloud Drive File Sharing

My husband and I both have long standing AppleID's and iCloud accounts (I have a MBP running the Yosemite Beta, he has an Air running the Yosemite Beta - we bothe have 6 plusses running iOS 8). He operates a small business that we both work on (I do all of his marketing design, photography, etc). We would like to both use his iCloud drive to store and manage his business related files. We have set up a Family share in iOS.
Right now those files are stored on a Mavericks server that we access via webdav. However we are looking to reduce our IT infrastructure and expense by moving that data to the cloud and would prefer it to be iCloud. Is there any way that any of you know for two AppleIDs to access the same iCloud drive?

Hello rhearob,
Apple did not mention or publish anything so far which indicates that it is possible to share iCloud Drive folders or to access iCloud Drive from multiple Apple IDs. As KiltedTim wrote, it could be that Apple is going to add additional functionalities to iCloud Drive once Yosemite is released, but as of today, nothing has been announced.
Best regards,
David

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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
From your post I understand that you are wondering how you can access the information stored in iCloud Drive, and what can be stored on it. Check out the information below to learn more about iCloud Drive.
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