Issues with multiple apple IDs and iTunes accounts

I work in an office that is all mac based and have mac computers at home. I have an apple ID and iTunes account for personal use where I purchase books and music and I have an office apple ID and iTunes account to share calendars with colleagues using iCloud and purchase work related apps like upgrades to operating systems, etc.
I have an iPhone that is set up with my personal apple ID so that my music is on my phone and so that the photo streaming is attached to personal photos, etc. Is there a way to sync my personal contacts with my contacts that are registered with my professional apple ID? Ideally, I would like to have my iOS devices syncing my calendar and contacts with my work apple ID and my music and photos with my personal ID. Is there any hope or am I stuck?
Thanks for any help anyone might have...

Welcome to the Apple community.
So far as contacts and calendars go, you can share your works data and your personal data with your iOS device by entering the second account as a secondary account in settings > mail, contacts and calendars.
You should also be aware that your iCloud and iTunes accounts and different accounts, you do not have to use the same ID for both.

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Discussions on using purchases from multiple AppleIDs in one iTunes library - https://discussions.apple.com/message/19543804
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iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4627 - In connection with, "When you turn on iTunes Match or Automatic Downloads, or when you download past purchases on an iOS device or computer, that device or computer becomes associated with your Apple ID." "Your Apple ID can have up to 10 devices and computers (combined) associated with it. Each computer must also be authorized using the same Apple ID. Once a device or computer is associated with your Apple ID, you cannot associate that device or computer with another Apple ID for 90 days." - Additionally instructions for "Removing an associated device or computer from an Apple ID"
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Hi swagyoloswag,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
There are several different services that require signing into an Apple ID to use on your iOS device. You can sign into different Apple IDs for different services on your iPhone. For example, Apple ID #1 for iCloud and Apple ID #2 for iTunes & App Store. You cannot sign into the same service with two different Apple IDs at the same time. The attached article has a list of services that are accessible with your Apple ID.
Where can I use my Apple ID? - Apple Support
Cheers,
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Hi,
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I will of course updated this topic when I have got through all my music and tried to sync my iOS devices.
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One family member has an iPad2 with one Apple ID that is authorized in iTunes on a Win7 laptop. That laptop has one Windows user account. Some apps, books, etc were purchased with that iPad2.
We recently got a hold of an old iPhone to use as an iPod Touch / super-mini iPad-Mini. Can I use a separate Apple ID for that iPhone on the same Win7 laptop in the same iTunes as above? So can iTunes (the program) on one computer be authorized for multiple Apple IDs? No apps, music, etc need to be shared.
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If she doesn't have an iCloud account on her iPhone or iPad now, you can just go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with a different Apple ID to set up the new account, then turn on the data that you want to sync with iCloud. She can continue to use the same ID for the App and iTunes store; it doesn't need to be the same as the the ID she uses for iCloud.
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I have two Apple IDs and purchased songs and videos through iTunes using both IDs. Apparently, Apple has changed the Terms and Conditions for iTunes presumably at 12:01am on 10/15/2014. The most notable change affecting me is related to people with more than one Apple ID. I downloaded some songs on 10/14/2014 from the iCloud to my MacBook Pro which had been purchased a long time ago with my first Apple ID. Early the morning of 10/15/2014, I tried to download songs and videos from the cloud to my MacBook Pro this time using a different Apple ID. When I clicked on the cloud icon by the song or video in iTunes for Mac, I received a pop up message in iTunes stating that I can download past purchases on this computer with just one Apple ID every 90 days. It continues by saying that my computer can be used to download past purchases with a different Apple ID that user cannot download purchases made using a different Apple ID in 90 days.
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Ed. Thanks for your response. I made the assumption that the 90 day restriction had just been put into place because I was working with Apple support earlier on the 14th and was attempting to download content from my original Apple ID so I could back up everything to my computer and overcome the issue caused by having two Apple IDs. During the support call, I was able to log in to iTunes and download previous purchases from the cloud for both of my Apple IDs. When I attempted to do so early this morning, I received the message described above when I logged in to my primary Apple ID and attempted to download the songs I ran out of time to download while on the phone with Apple support. Thanks for the clarification about the policy.
The goal of the Apple support person was to overcome the problem of having two Apple IDs. It would be terrific if Apple came up with a solution for this problem as they have customers like me that would very much like to consolidate all of their purchases under one Apple ID. Restricting access to legitimate purchases for 90 days is a pretty terrible policy to inflict on people that have paid for the use of these songs and videos.
I have to give you a hard time about part of your answer (in good fun). Your answer could be summarized as saying "The best solution to your problem is not to have your problem in the first place." What it means is that the problem is a legitimate problem that doesn't have a good solution.

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