• Nuts. I might have been premature in posting to Connect. I finally found another reference:

    https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=351548&wa=wsignin1.0

    I'm testing removing the certificate now.

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning