diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Pipeline/HttpPipeline.cs b/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Pipeline/HttpPipeline.cs
index 9a69c025bd5c8..b28244d63f788 100644
--- a/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Pipeline/HttpPipeline.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Pipeline/HttpPipeline.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public ValueTask SendAsync(HttpMessage message, CancellationToken cancellationTo
             message.CancellationToken = cancellationToken;
             AddHttpMessageProperties(message);
             var value = _pipeline.Span[0].ProcessAsync(message, _pipeline.Slice(1));
-            message.Response.ResponseClassifier = ResponseClassifier;
+            message.Response.Message = message;
             return value;
         }
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public void Send(HttpMessage message, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
             message.CancellationToken = cancellationToken;
             AddHttpMessageProperties(message);
             _pipeline.Span[0].Process(message, _pipeline.Slice(1));
-            message.Response.ResponseClassifier = ResponseClassifier;
+            message.Response.Message = message;
         }
         /// <summary>
         /// Invokes the pipeline asynchronously with the provided request.
diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Response.cs b/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Response.cs
index 47d6e672e1c88..4f64ecb830b53 100644
--- a/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Response.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Response.cs
@@ -113,14 +113,22 @@ public virtual BinaryData Content
         /// <returns>The <see cref="IEnumerable{T}"/> enumerating <see cref="HttpHeader"/> in the response.</returns>
         protected internal abstract IEnumerable<HttpHeader> EnumerateHeaders();
 
-        internal ResponseClassifier? ResponseClassifier { get; set; }
+        internal HttpMessage? Message { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public bool IsError()
+        {
+            return this.Message!.ResponseClassifier.IsErrorResponse(this.Message);
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Throw a RequestFailedException appropriate to the Response.
         /// </summary>
         public void Throw()
         {
-            throw this.ResponseClassifier!.CreateRequestFailedException(this);
+            throw this.Message!.ResponseClassifier.CreateRequestFailedException(this);
             //throw new RequestFailedException("<error message>");
         }
 
@@ -129,7 +137,7 @@ public void Throw()
         /// </summary>
         public async Task ThrowAsync()
         {
-             throw await this.ResponseClassifier!.CreateRequestFailedExceptionAsync(this).ConfigureAwait(false);
+             throw await this.Message!.ResponseClassifier.CreateRequestFailedExceptionAsync(this).ConfigureAwait(false);
             //throw new RequestFailedException("<error message>");
         }
 
diff --git a/sdk/synapse/Azure.Analytics.Synapse.AccessControl/src/Models/SynapseRoleAssignment.cs b/sdk/synapse/Azure.Analytics.Synapse.AccessControl/src/Models/SynapseRoleAssignment.cs
index 27ea9f870e175..155eed6ec8451 100644
--- a/sdk/synapse/Azure.Analytics.Synapse.AccessControl/src/Models/SynapseRoleAssignment.cs
+++ b/sdk/synapse/Azure.Analytics.Synapse.AccessControl/src/Models/SynapseRoleAssignment.cs
@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ public static implicit operator RequestContent(SynapseRoleAssignment value) => R
 
         public static implicit operator SynapseRoleAssignment(Response response)
         {
-            switch (response.Status)
+            if (!response.IsError())
             {
-                case 200:
-                    return DeserializeResponse(response);
-                default:
+                return DeserializeResponse(response);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                response.Throw(); // What to do about Async here? Can you put awaits in operators?
+            }
 
+            // we should never get here, since we throw in the else statement above.
 #pragma warning disable CA1065 // Do not raise exceptions in unexpected locations
-                    throw new NotImplementedException();
+            throw new NotSupportedException();
 #pragma warning restore CA1065 // Do not raise exceptions in unexpected locations
-
-                    //response.Throw();
-                    //break;
-            }
         }
 
         private static SynapseRoleAssignment DeserializeResponse(Response response)
diff --git a/sdk/synapse/Azure.Analytics.Synapse.AccessControl/tests/AccessControlClientLiveTests.cs b/sdk/synapse/Azure.Analytics.Synapse.AccessControl/tests/AccessControlClientLiveTests.cs
index f83422919ef61..abbc4a2a099c4 100644
--- a/sdk/synapse/Azure.Analytics.Synapse.AccessControl/tests/AccessControlClientLiveTests.cs
+++ b/sdk/synapse/Azure.Analytics.Synapse.AccessControl/tests/AccessControlClientLiveTests.cs
@@ -87,18 +87,29 @@ public async Task CreateRoleAssignment_ModelTypeParameterOverload()
 
             SynapseRoleAssignment roleAssignment = new SynapseRoleAssignment(roleId, principalId, scope);
 
-            SynapseRoleAssignment returnedRoleAssignment = await client.CreateRoleAssignmentAsync(roleAssignmentId, roleAssignment, new RequestOptions()
+            // Calling the LLC directly:
+            Response response = await client.CreateRoleAssignmentAsync(roleAssignmentId, roleAssignment,
+                new RequestOptions()
+                {
+                    StatusOption = ResponseStatusOption.NoThrow
+                });
+
+            // This is the implicit cast -- it will throw if the response is an error
+            // according to the classifier
+            SynapseRoleAssignment returnedRoleAssignment = response;
+
+            // But since we suppressed the error, we might want to think
+            // about it the following way:
+            if (response.IsError())
             {
-                StatusOption = ResponseStatusOption.NoThrow
-            });
-
-            // TODO: Finish this test and figure out the rest.
-
-            await using DisposableClientRole role = await DisposableClientRole.Create(client, TestEnvironment);
-
-            Assert.NotNull(role.Assignment.Id);
-            Assert.NotNull(role.Assignment.Properties.RoleDefinitionId);
-            Assert.NotNull(role.Assignment.Properties.PrincipalId);
+                await response.ThrowAsync();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Assert.NotNull(returnedRoleAssignment.Id);
+                Assert.NotNull(returnedRoleAssignment.Properties.RoleDefinitionId);
+                Assert.NotNull(returnedRoleAssignment.Properties.PrincipalId);
+            }
         }
 
         [Test]