After additional research I was able to figure this out.

Result=$(/usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Outlook"' -e "get background autodiscover of every exchange account" -e 'end tell')

echo "<result> $Result </result>"

@jeffpugh - Just something you should be aware of. The 'tell application "Application Name"' syntax in Applescript will launch the targeted application if its not already running. This might mean that when your inventory collection occurs, if Microsoft Outlook isn't already active, it will launch it for the current logged in user. In cases where inventory collection runs when no-one is logged in, it will fail completely since it can't launch an app when sitting at the login window.

I'm not sure if that's acceptable to you or not, but I did want to make you aware of that.

If you'd rather that didn't happen, then one simple solution would be to first check to see if Outlook is running, and if true, then tell it to get its status, otherwise, report back something like "N/A" if its not running.

Thanks for the advise. I was actually in the middle of resolving this issue and with the help of your response was able to easily take care of this.

Current script is working

status=$(/usr/bin/osascript -e 'if application "Microsoft Outlook" is running then' -e 'tell application "Microsoft Outlook"' -e "get background autodiscover of every exchange account" -e 'end tell' -e 'else' -e 'return "Offline"' -e 'end if')

if [[ "${status}" == "true" ]]; then
result=Enabled
if [[ "${status}" == "Offline" ]]; then
result=Offine
else
result=Disabled
fi

echo "<result> $result </result>"

exit 0

Thanks @jeffpugh for the solution!

I modified the EA to write /read from a text file if the user isn't logged in or Outlook is closed

#!/bin/bash

#is Autodiscover on or off



#If user isn't logged in

loggedInUser=$( stat -f%Su /dev/console )

if [[ $loggedInUser = "root" ]] || [[ $loggedInUser = "yourlocaladmin1" ]] || [[ $loggedInUser = "yourlocaladmin2" ]]; then



#Does info file exist                                                                                   

if [ -f /Library/Application Support/JAMF/bin/Autodiscover.txt ]; then

    Autodiscover=`cat /Library/Application Support/JAMF/bin/Autodiscover.txt`

#Yes    

    echo "<result>$Autodiscover</result>"



    exit



else

#No text file or user is not logged in

    echo "<result>EA not updated</result>"



    exit



    fi 



fi





#--- user is logged in and Outlook is open



open=$( pgrep "Microsoft Outlook" )

if [[ "$open" -gt "0" ]]; then



Autodiscover=$(/usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Outlook"' -e "get background autodiscover of exchange account 1" -e 'end tell')



    echo "$Autodiscover" > /Library/Application Support/JAMF/bin/Autodiscover.txt



echo "<result>$Autodiscover</result>"



exit 0



fi



#if Outlook is closed and text file exists



if [ -f /Library/Application Support/JAMF/bin/Autodiscover.txt ]; then

    Autodiscover=`cat /Library/Application Support/JAMF/bin/Autodiscover.txt`



    echo "<result>$Autodiscover</result>"



exit 0



fi



#if Outlook is closed and text file does not exist



echo "<result>EA not updated</result>"



exit 0



fi