diff --git a/src/internal/functions/New-AzOpsDeployment.ps1 b/src/internal/functions/New-AzOpsDeployment.ps1
index b0d3a5cd..89e03eb4 100644
--- a/src/internal/functions/New-AzOpsDeployment.ps1
+++ b/src/internal/functions/New-AzOpsDeployment.ps1
@@ -106,10 +106,9 @@
                     return
                 }
                 else {
-                    Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'New-AzOpsDeployment.WhatIfResults' -StringValues ($results | Out-String) -Target $scopeObject
-                    Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'New-AzOpsDeployment.WhatIfFile' -Target $scopeObject
-                    $output = 'WhatIf Results:{0}```json{0}{1}{0}```{0}' -f [environment]::NewLine, ($results.Changes | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5)
-                    Set-Content -Path '/tmp/OUTPUT.md' -Value $output -WhatIf:$false
+                    Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput.WhatIfResults' -StringValues ($results | Out-String) -Target $scopeObject
+                    Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput.WhatIfFile' -Target $scopeObject
+                    Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput -results $results
                 }
 
                 $parameters.Name = $DeploymentName
@@ -148,8 +147,7 @@
                 else {
                     Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'New-AzOpsDeployment.WhatIfResults' -StringValues ($results | Out-String) -Target $scopeObject
                     Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'New-AzOpsDeployment.WhatIfFile' -Target $scopeObject
-                    $output = 'WhatIf Results:{0}```json{0}{1}{0}```{0}' -f [environment]::NewLine, ($results.Changes | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5)
-                    Set-Content -Path '/tmp/OUTPUT.md' -Value $output -WhatIf:$false
+                    Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput -results $results
                 }
 
                 $parameters.Name = $DeploymentName
@@ -197,8 +195,7 @@
             else {
                 Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'New-AzOpsDeployment.WhatIfResults' -StringValues ($results | Out-String) -Target $scopeObject
                 Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'New-AzOpsDeployment.WhatIfFile' -Target $scopeObject
-                $output = 'WhatIf Results:{0}```json{0}{1}{0}```{0}' -f [environment]::NewLine, ($results.Changes | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5)
-                Set-Content -Path '/tmp/OUTPUT.md' -Value $output -WhatIf:$false
+                Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput -results $results
             }
 
             $parameters.Name = $DeploymentName
@@ -242,8 +239,7 @@
             else {
                 Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'New-AzOpsDeployment.WhatIfResults' -StringValues ($results | Out-String) -Target $scopeObject
                 Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'New-AzOpsDeployment.WhatIfFile' -Target $scopeObject
-                $output = 'WhatIf Results:{0}```json{0}{1}{0}```{0}' -f [environment]::NewLine, ($results.Changes | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5)
-                Set-Content -Path '/tmp/OUTPUT.md' -Value $output -WhatIf:$false
+                Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput -results $results
             }
 
             $parameters.Name = $DeploymentName
@@ -283,8 +279,7 @@
             else {
                 Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'New-AzOpsDeployment.WhatIfResults' -StringValues ($results | Out-String) -Target $scopeObject
                 Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'New-AzOpsDeployment.WhatIfFile' -Target $scopeObject
-                $output = 'WhatIf Results:{0}```json{0}{1}{0}```{0}' -f [environment]::NewLine, ($results.Changes | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5)
-                Set-Content -Path '/tmp/OUTPUT.md' -Value $output -WhatIf:$false
+                Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput -results $results
             }
 
             $parameters.Name = $DeploymentName
diff --git a/src/internal/functions/Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput.ps1 b/src/internal/functions/Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..719c7f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/functions/Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+function Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput {
+
+    <#
+        .SYNOPSIS
+            Logs the output from a What-If deployment
+        .DESCRIPTION
+            Logs the output from a What-If deployment
+        .PARAMETER results
+            The WhatIf result from a deployment
+        .EXAMPLE
+            > et-WhatIfOutput -results $results
+    #>
+
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param (
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+        $results
+    )
+
+    process {
+        Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -String 'Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput.WhatIfFile' 
+
+        $resultJson=($results.Changes | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5)
+        $mdOutput = 'WhatIf Results:{0}```json{0}{1}{0}```{0}' -f [environment]::NewLine, $resultJson
+
+        Set-Content -Path '/tmp/OUTPUT.md' -Value $mdOutput -WhatIf:$false
+        Set-Content -Path '/tmp/OUTPUT.json' -Value $resultJson -WhatIf:$false
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/localized/en-us/Strings.psd1 b/src/localized/en-us/Strings.psd1
index 35805b2d..3cbd75d9 100644
--- a/src/localized/en-us/Strings.psd1
+++ b/src/localized/en-us/Strings.psd1
@@ -233,4 +233,5 @@
     'Save-AzOpsManagementGroupChildren.Subscription.NotFound'                       = 'Unable to locate subscription: {0} within AzOpsSubscriptions object' #child.Name
 
     'Set-AzOpsContext.Change'                                                       = 'Changing active subscription from {0} to {1} ({2})' # $context.Subscription.Name, $ScopeObject.SubscriptionDisplayName, $ScopeObject.Subscription
-}
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+    'Set-AzOpsWhatIfOutput.WhatIfFile'                                              = 'Creating WhatIf markdown and json files' # 
+}