2.2.10.2 Phrasal Matching

If a part of the query text is enclosed in double quotes, that part MUST be interpreted as a phrase. In detail, a phrase MUST match an item if the item contains all of the tokens in the phrase in the same order that they occur in the phrase.

Phrasal matching MUST take precedence over the other features. In other words, the other features of SharePoint Search keyword syntax MUST NOT be recognized within a phrase. For example, the search query ""mirror-universe"" matches the tokens in the phrase "mirror-universe" in order. The minus character MUST NOT be interpreted as the keyword exclusion feature described in the next section.