How compare output returned from powershell cmdlet with a string

Question

I have the following code:

$RecipientType = Get-Recipient $Name | Select-Object -Property RecipientType

if ($RecipientType.Equals("UserMailbox")) {
    Write-Host "Mailbox is OnPrem"          
}

I want to compare RecipientType value with string "UserMailbox" , but it's not working...

Answer 1

For simplicity I'd use this:

if ((Get-Recipient $identity).RecipientType -eq 'usermailbox') {
  Write-Host 'Mailbox is OnPrem'
}

Answer 2

Here instead of using Select-Object -Property , use Select-Object -ExpandProperty because Select-Object returns an object. It can be done as below:

$RecipientType = (Get-Recipient $Identity | Select-Object -ExpandProperty RecipientType)

if ($RecipientType.Equals("UserMailbox")) {
    Write-Host "Mailbox is OnPrem"          
}