How to catch errors when using powershell 4.0, Office 365 cmdlets

hi

i want catch errors when using powershell office 365 cmdlets unable so.

e.g. suppose want catch error when creating user account exists:

try
{
 new-msoluser -displayname "andre thompson" -userprincipalname andre.thompson@my.uwi.edu
}
catch
{
"error found..."
$error[0]
}

however error not caught because get:

ps c:\windows\system32> try
>> {
>>   new-msoluser -displayname "andre thompson" -userprincipalname andre.thompson@my.uwi.edu
>> }
>> catch
>> {
>> "error"
>> $error[0]
>> }
>>
new-msoluser : unable add user because user user principal name exists -
andre.thompson@my.uwi.edu.
at line:3 char:2
+  new-msoluser -displayname "andre thompson" -userprincipalname andre.thompson@my ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + categoryinfo          : operationstopped: (:) [new-msoluser], microsoftonlineexception
    + fullyqualifiederrorid : microsoft.online.administration.automation.useralreadyexistsexception,microsoft.online.a
   dministration.automation.newuser

ps c:\windows\system32>

what doing wrong?

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regards andre thompson

hi andre,

try adding -erroraction stop new-msoluser. can't test myself, have standard ad cmdlets figured worth mentioning.

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