Thanks for the info J_rodstein!
Am I mistaken here with your last finding of the Lync Client?
In the documentation from vmware it says:
Customers receive a copy of Microsoft Lync Client 2013 as part of Office 2013.
Note:Customers are required to deploy the full version of Microsoft Lync
Client 2013.Microsoft LyncBasic 2013 does not support working inside aVDI
environment.
Because I am using the Lync client that comes with Office 2013 ever since the beginning to try and make this work. And vmware clearly states that I am using the right version as far as I can tell...
sigh....