If I run the command test-outlookconnectivity -protocol:http -verbose, I will get a large amount of output on the screen. it gives me the verbose or complete informatiuon of what is being tested. Also what will be included in the verbose are Error: system.exceptions like (The RPC server is unavailable), is an example. What I would like to be able to do is catch or grab if you will, that exception and add it to a variable for a custom output. Example: If my test is like the following: $variable = @() $test = test-outlookconnectivity -protocol:http -verbose c:\$test error = exception microsoft.system.connectivity (The rpc server is unavailable). I would like to store the error itself into $variable, and then be able to output $test and $variable seperately to the screen together. Any thoughts? I also found the following article that looks like it might be the same topic: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ITCG/thread/f9551e49-fe32-47f6-b4d0-f3e7e5858925JCtech1123, Cheers

A couple of different ways to do this: Try { $test = test-outlookconnectivity -protocol:http -verbose -ErrorAction Stop } Catch { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message Write-Warning ("{0}" -f $_.Exception.Message) } Of use the -ErrorVariable to hold the error itself $test = test-outlookconnectivity -protocol:http -verbose -ErrorAction silentlycontinue -ErrorVariable ErrorMessage $ErrorMessage will hold the error message now. Boe Prox Please remember to mark the best solution as the answer using Mark as Answer. If you find a solution to be helpful, please use Vote as Helpful. Looking for a script? Check out the Script Repository Need a script written for you? Submit a request at the Script Request Page

ok so i tried both exactly how you have them and i got a -verbose itself to the screen, output to the screen. So if my test is like this: $result = test-outlookconnectivity -protocol:http -trustanysslcert:$true -verbose. How would I incorporate it into what you posted earlier: Try { $test = test-outlookconnectivity -protocol:http -verbose -ErrorAction Stop } Catch { $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message Write-Warning ("{0}" -f $_.Exception.Message) } I want to store the verbose error so I can use it based on other variables. Thx!JCtech1123, Cheers

Update, so when I use the try in powershell, like this: try {command} catch [error.exception...] {run action}, I get the following error in powershell in server 2008, exchange 2010: "the command try is not recognized as a valid command". Any thoughts?JCtech1123, Cheers