get-qaduser stop on error

Question

When using 'get-qaduser samaccountname' if the samaccount name is not valid, no error is thrown it just does not return anything 
 Is there a way to make it return an error if the samaccountname is not valid?

Stu.Pollock · Accepted Answer

Hi rws 
 
 Get-QADUser is searching for a user object, it will either return nothing ($null) as no object matches your search, or it will return one or more user object(s) if one or more users were found. 
 
 If you wanting to throw an error, because the user doesn't exist, you can just "throw" an error in your script. IE 
 $SamAccountName = TestU123 
 $Result = Get-QADUser $SamAccountName 
 If(-not $Result) 
 { 
 Throw "User doesn't exist" 
 } 
 
 or you should be able to use the below too 
 If(-not $Result) 
 { 
 Write-Error -Message " User doesn't exist " -ErrorAction Stop 
 } 
 However, I would be useful to understand what your use case is, and how or where this check is being done? IE in an powershell script outside of ARS, in a Script Module called from an Administration Policy or Workflow etc.

get-qaduser stop on error

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