Hi.
YES! After you pass any Microsoft exam, you immediately earn the Microsoft Certified Professional title and the MCP benefits.
As it states on the following link, after you pass your first Microsoft exam, you immediately become an MCP and have access to MCP benefits:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/microsoft-certified-professional.aspx
ahuibers - If you look at your exam transcript, besides your MCTS title, you will also see that you earned the MCP title on the same day you passed your first Microsoft exam.
You are right, about the MCTS titles. the new Windows 2012 exams do
not earn you the old MCTS titles anymore. The Windows Server 2008 MCTS titles will be retiring on January 31, 2014, as stated here:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/mcts-certification.aspx#item-ID0EBAAAAACA
Good luck!
Best wishes, Davin Mickelson
