Publish Outlook in Citrix with Lync Online Meeting but have Lync hidden

We have users that want to use Outlook but not Lync but do want the ability to make calls directly from Outlook to the user.  We have tried using UISuppressionMode but when that is launched through Citrix "communicator.exe" starts for a second then closes.  In my brief research it appears this is because communicator.exe is looking to be configured and utilized in a programatic way.  I was able to create a PowerShell script using the Lync 2010 SDK to launch Lync in this UI minimized way but the Outlook Lync plugin's would not communicate to the UISuppressed Lync.  This is the powershell script I bulit to do that:

#Importing SDK Dll
[string]$LyncModelDll = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Lync\SDK\Assemblies\Desktop\Microsoft.Lync.Model.dll"
Import-Module -Name $LyncModelDll

START .\communicator.exe

#Get Lync Client State
$objLyncClient = [Microsoft.Lync.Model.LyncClient]::GetClient()
Write-Host = "State: " $objLyncClient.State

$objLyncClient.BeginInitialize($test,$null)
$objLyncClient.BeginSignIn($objLyncClient.Uri,$null,$null,$null,$null)

In the end I opted for an AutoIT script that starts Lync then hides the window and the taskbar icon.

;
; AutoIt Version: 3.0
; Language:       English
; Platform:       Win9x/NT
; Author:         Trentent Tye (trententtye@hotmail.com)
;
; Script Function:
;   Opens Lync in a hidden window and hides the tray icon.
;
#Include

Run("C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Lync\communicator.exe", "", @SW_HIDE) ; 

WinWaitActive("Microsoft Lync")
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)
Global $hTray = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]")
Global $hToolbar = ControlGetHandle($hTray, "", "[CLASSNN:ToolbarWindow321]")
Global $iCnt = _GUICtrlToolbar_ButtonCount($hToolbar)
;MsgBox(0, "Debug" , "Debug: $iCnt = " & $iCnt)
Global $iCmdVolume = -1
Global $sMsg, $sText, $iCmd
For $n = 0 To $iCnt - 1
    $sMsg = "Index: " & $n 
    $iCmd = _GUICtrlToolbar_IndexToCommand($hToolbar, $n)
    $sMsg &= "  CommandID: " & $iCmd
    $sText = _GUICtrlToolbar_GetButtonText($hToolbar, $iCmd)
    If StringInStr($sText, "Lync") Then $iCmdLync = $iCmd
    $sMsg &= "  Text: " & $sText
;    MsgBox(0, "Debug" , $sMsg)
Next
;MsgBox(0, "Debug","Debug: $iCmdLync = " & $iCmdLync)

_GUICtrlToolbar_SetButtonState($hToolbar, $iCmdLync, $TBSTATE_HIDDEN)